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Alfuzosin

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gregg62
gregg62

Just started alfusozine. 3rd tablet last night have noticed no change . Dose.it take time to start working ?

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  • craig84609
    craig84609 gregg62

    Posted

    What is this drug used for? BPH? If so I know from what my father told me that it does take time for this to work.
    • gregg62
      gregg62 craig84609

      Posted

      Yes . Bph . Still wake up for pee 2or 3 times in night
    • craig84609
      craig84609 gregg62

      Posted

      I had it so bad one night that I had to hover over the toilet because the feeling that I needed to urinate didn't go away for more than 40 minutes. I also urinated 10 to 15 times in two hours. Then it went away. It comes and goes in me and I am 47 years old. Not sure why I have it at my age.
    • gregg62
      gregg62 craig84609

      Posted

      Wow I am going to consider my self lucky I am 53 no pain just wake up a few times a night . 👍👍
    • craig84609
      craig84609 gregg62

      Posted

      Your reaction scares me. I know it is kinda bad but it isn't constant. My dad has BPH so bad that they had to cut out some of his Prostate. I guess that this condition can run in families.
    • gregg62
      gregg62 craig84609

      Posted

      This is all new to me .I have only taken 3 tablets in my life . Did not mean to scare you I surgest you talke to someone with more experience than me good luck
  • jackal
    jackal gregg62

    Posted

    Alpha blockers usually start working within a few days. However, there are some differences regarding how selective they are. For example, if you Google "Alfuzosin vs Doxazosin" you will see that Doxazosin is more effective in terms of I.P.S.S. improvement.

    I would suggest that you give it another week and then ask your doctor to prescribe Doxazosin. It is a very cheap drug but it does lower blood pressure and dosage has to be tritrated (increased gradually) until effective or you may become hypotensive.

    Combination therapy of doxazosin and finasteride is even more effective, but the finasteride can play havoc with your libido... yer pays yer money and takes yer chance.

  • arlington
    arlington gregg62

    Posted

    What i read was a few days to a few weeks.
    • craig84609
      craig84609 arlington

      Posted

      That makes sense to me. I may have to be put on one of these medications soon as I seem to have a problem, but I don't want to go to the doctor for it so I have been toughing it out. It would be nice to not have pain during urination and having to go all the time. 
    • gregg62
      gregg62 craig84609

      Posted

      I don't know much . But I do know the quicker you deal with it the better . Also he will check for prostate cancer. But I don't think you should worry about that your to young . I tough it out for a year . It's slowly got worse. RING DOCTOR TODAY ☎☎
    • craig84609
      craig84609 gregg62

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      Yea well, symptoms are bad, but if they give me a PSA test I know it will be high so then they may want to do an ultrasound or even a biopsy. Just for BPH. I would rather jump out of a moving car than have a biopsy. I just need medicine to reduce the size a bit. What sort of tests did they give you in order to get the medicine?
    • gregg62
      gregg62 craig84609

      Posted

      They tested my pee . If you want you can bye self pee test on ebay I got one for about £20 and arsked me how many times I went pee in night and if I was in pain . Then he gave me the finger 👆😕
    • craig84609
      craig84609 gregg62

      Posted

      That seems to make sense. I can handle that. Thanks for the reply.
  • chris15677
    chris15677 gregg62

    Posted

    I struggled for years with BPH after an accident at sea in 2000 when I was 60. I injured my lower back, which resulted in a swollen Prostate that never shrank back to normal.

    I consider myself lucky because I now take one Flomax pill after dinner every day and If I don't drink anything after 6pm I normally wake up for my 1st p around 7am.

    I've tried to do without for a while but after just a few days everything gets blocked and I feel like Steven Hawkins looks.

    It'll be trial and error for a while, Gregg. So good luck.

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