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Flomax Treatment Report
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What is Flomax?
Flomax is a brand name for the drug Tamsulosin HCI, an alpha blocker drug used in the treatment of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). Flomax is a brand owned by Boehringer Ingelheim.
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Reasons Taken
13 patients in the community are taking or have taken Flomax.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
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| Other | 7 | 53% |
| General health | 2 | 15% |
| disease-related symptoms | 2 | 15% |
| Support another treatment | 1 | 7% |
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Flomax or how long patients were taking Flomax before stopping.
Currently taking Flomax
Stopped taking Flomax
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| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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| Did not seem to work | 1 | 100% |  |