What are the alternatives to using tamsulosin for BPH?
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Hi,
I've been using this medication for several years now but also have had increasingly severe issues with lightheadedness, vertigo, and dizziness. This may well have nothing to do with the flomax, especially since I've recently been diagnosed (although a bit controversial I feel) with Meniere's disease. And many of my symptoms seem to be BPPV-related also, so quite frankly I don't know what's going on but certainly I can point to some lightheadedness going back to when I started using flomax a few years ago. So, at one point my doctor described a surgical alternative to using meds, but I really don't recall much about it. I'm sure by now there are many such alternatives, and so that's why I'm here...to seek advice on what is out there that might allow me to stop using this medication. Thanks for any advice or thoughts.
Regards,
Keith
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john65366 Guest
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See PAE section of this forum.
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/has-anyone-out-there-had-a-prostate-artery-embolization--301859?p_token=408186a7-f28d-49a8-9ba9-c8c7c0772476&order=latest+&page=0#2036615
oldbuzzard Guest
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philip1950 Guest
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had menieres and have used tamsulosin. Prescribed stematil for the menieres it works well. tamsulosin horrid stuff made me so ill i discontinued it. See your Gp there are other drugs available. Surgery can be out of the pan and in to the fire.
Take care & best wishes.
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derek76 Guest
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Do you check your BP? Tamsulosin brought my BP right down and put my heart rate up.
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Carry-on_CMDR Guest
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But I wouldn't jump into any surgical options, as there are alternative drugs, and you could also check whether CIC might give you enough relief for your BPH's effect on your baldder.
And, you may also want to start reading up on the relatively new PAE procedure, which few urologists may favor since it is done by interventional radiologists, and not urologists.
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