What is Tamsulosin?
Tamsulosin is used to manage the signs and symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). It relaxes the smooth muscle in the bladder neck and prostate causing an improvement of urine flow. Off label it is used for symptomatic treatment of bladder outlet obstruction or dysfunction.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Support another treatment | 4 |
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1 | ||||
| disease-related symptoms | 2 | 0 | |||||
| General health | 2 | 0 | |||||
| BPH | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Uinary flow - for BPH | 1 | 0 |
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Doctor's advice
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3 | 75% |
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Other
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2 | 50% |
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 25% |
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Expense
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1 | 25% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- JohnnyPopper
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: none
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
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- JohnnyPopper
- since Dec 07, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Support another treatment
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Side Effects
None
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Report created on November 21, 2009.