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Read user comments about the side effects, benefits, and effectiveness of tamsulosin Oral.

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Condition: Enlarged Prostate
4/5/2013 12:27:47 PM

Reviewer: Anthony, 65-74 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 3

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 3

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 1

Comment:
Tamsulosin had far too many significant side effects: frontal headache, nasal congestion, tightness in chest, reduced strength and endurance during jogging, retrograde ejaculation,tender neck muscles, insomnia, nightmares, dry mouth, light headedness upon standing (need I go on?)

Condition: Enlarged Prostate
3/25/2013 5:46:42 PM

Reviewer: 55-64 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 4

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 4

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 2

Comment:
I have been on this stuff for 4 months nose runs in mornings stuffy nose at nights, I have a rash that I think it has caused, Sex is not the same. I am stopping this crap for a while.

Condition: Enlarged Prostate
3/24/2013 10:40:48 AM

Reviewer: BigBalls, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 1

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 1

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 1

Comment:
Doesn't work as well as flowmax. Obamacare is causing us to have to take crappy medicines due to cost.

Condition: Enlarged Prostate
3/6/2013 10:32:18 AM

Reviewer: Paladin, 55-64 Male (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 2

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 4

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 1

Comment:
VA PCP originally prescribed Flomax which worked great. But as is the case where cost takes precedence over health, the VA Pharmaco clowns decided that I must take Tamsulosin HCL which makes me still get up at 3 or 4 times and still have near accidents during the day. What a joke.

Condition: Enlarged Prostate
2/28/2013 9:45:11 PM

Reviewer: 65-74 Male on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 1

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 5

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 1

Comment:
I took Flomax but Medicare required that I take Generic so started Tamsulosin. It is not nearly as effective as Flomax in preventing having to go to bathroom at night and helping stream flow.

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