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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
80 patients in the community are taking or have taken Flomax.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Bladder problems | 35 | 43% |
| Other | 18 | 22% |
| General health | 7 | 8% |
| disease-related symptoms | 4 | 5% |
| Urinary retention | 3 | 3% |
| Urinary urgency | 2 | 2% |
| Neurogenic Bladder | 2 | 2% |
| Support another treatment | 1 | 1% |
| Insomnia | 1 | 1% |
| Peripheral neuritis (neuropathy) | 1 | 1% |
| Slow my MS progress | 1 | 1% |
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Flomax or how long patients were taking Flomax before stopping.
Currently taking Flomax
Stopped taking Flomax
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 4 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 100% | 1 |
|---|
Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 50% | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 50% | 2 |
Top reported side-effects include: Dizziness/hypotension upon standing, dreams,dry mouth,maybe less itching,body feels like a rag doll, pain in testies
Summary results are based on 4 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 4)
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- Wayne Lampe
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: mild
- Chest: mild
- Legs: moderate
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by Wayne Lampe
Aug 23, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- mammananny
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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by mammananny
Jul 31, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsSevere
- Bladder problems
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks