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Taking Flomax
55 Patients currently take Flomax
10 Patients stopped taking Flomax
DeeWalter
Sensation: moderate
Overall: mild
Cognition: moderate
Vision: mild
Speech: mild
Swallowing: mild
Upper limb: mild
Walking: none
DeeWalter
0 mg daily since Nov 13, 2000
seajay
Sensation: moderate
Overall: none
Cognition: none
Vision: none
Speech: none
Swallowing: mild
Upper limb: none
Walking: mild
seajay
0.4 mg daily since Oct 24, 2007
Self
Sensation: moderate
Overall: moderate
Cognition: moderate
Vision: moderate
Speech: moderate
Swallowing: moderate
Upper limb: moderate
Walking: severe
Self
1 mg daily since Nov 01, 2005

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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. Read more...Click to read more below

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What we've learned

Why Patients Take Flomax

Bladder problems
Bladder problems: 100% 27
Other
Other: 56% 15
General health
General health: 22% 6
Disease-related symptoms
Disease-related symptoms: 15% 4
Insomnia
Insomnia: 4% 1
Peripheral neuritis (neuropathy)
Peripheral neuritis (neuropathy): 4% 1
Urinary retention
Urinary retention: 4% 1

Patient Dosages

0.3 mg daily 0.4 mg daily 0.8 mg daily 1 mg daily 4 mg daily 5 mg daily 8 mg daily 10 mg daily 12 mg daily 20 mg daily 80 mg daily 200 mg daily 400 mg daily N/A
1 Number of Patients: 1 29 Number of Patients: 29 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9  

How Long Current Patients Have Been Taking Flomax

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
0
4
7
11
10
16

Why Patients Stopped Taking Flomax (multiple reasons could be selected)

Did not seem to work
Did not seem to work: 100% 4
Doctor's advice
Doctor's advice: 50% 2
Side effects too severe
Side effects too severe: 50% 2
Other
Other: 50% 2
Course of treatment ended
Course of treatment ended: 25% 1
Not indicated
Not indicated: 25% 1

How Long Patients Took Flomax Before Stopping

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
2
2
0
3
2
1

Average: 1 star 2 star 3 star 4 star Flomax Ratings

4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
4: 100% 2
3 stars3 stars3 stars
3: 100% 2
2 stars2 stars
2: 50% 1


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