Re: Re: Re: help for nocturnal urgency

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Alan:

Thanks. Brilliant idea with the urinal. Maybe I'll get

a 5 gallon bucket, a piece of PVC pipe, roll over on

my side and pee in the pipe and empty in the AM. Won't

even have to sit up!!

I haved slightly elevated blood pressure so maybe the

Flomax will bring it down and fool my cardiologist.

Don't like that fainting bit. Maybe tiny doses to

start?

Thanks again, Dwight

--- Alan Meyer wrote:

>

> I used Flomax for about five months after HDR

> brachytherapy. In

> my case, I really needed it because I could hardly

> urinate at all

> without it. Also, at the period of worst side

> effects, I got up

> seven times each night (that was _with_ Flomax). I

> think my

> prostate was so inflamed by the radiation that it

> clamped the

> urethra and I was never able to empty my bladder,

> just squeeze

> our a little before the pressure went down and I

> couldn't get any

> more out.

>

> Anyway, Flomax helped a lot. The one significant

> side effect I

> noticed was a drop in blood pressure. When I first

> took it, I

> could hardly stand up and almost fainted once.

> Later I took it

> again and had no real problem.

>

> Besides the drug, another thing that helped me sleep

> was to keep

> a urinal beside the bed. Instead of stumbling

> through the dark

> and cold to the bathroom I just sat up, urinated

> into the jug,

> put the cap back on, and went back to sleep.

>

>

> Alan Meyer

> ameyer2@...

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

> I used Flomax for about five months after HDR brachytherapy. In

> my case, I really needed it because I could hardly urinate at all

> without it.

(snip)

> Anyway, Flomax helped a lot. The one significant side effect I

> noticed was a drop in blood pressure. When I first took it, I

> could hardly stand up and almost fainted once. Later I took it

> again and had no real problem.

(snip)

What Alan describes sounds like a known SE of Flomax called " postural

hypotension, " a decrease in blood pressure when arising from a sitting

or lying position. The Flomax site on www.rxlist.com covers this and

other cautions.

See http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/tamsul_ad.htm#AR and especially

the section on orthostasis.

An editorial note: I have seen so many instances of medics' failure to

brief patients on med SEs (and experienced it myself) that I make it a

practice always to check a med at least on rxlist.com before touching

it. It has helped.

Regards,

Steve J

" ... The Universe is what it is, and it never forgives mistakes--not

even ignorant ones ... "

-- A. Heinlein

[Guest guest]

Flomax is a member of the class of alpha inhibitor drugs that is used as a supplemental blood pressure management aid. Cardura (a brand name) is another example. I was in a clinical trial previous to my PRP surgery for almost two years for Silodosin, that promises to be a more selective BPH treatment. Silodosin is of the alpha blocker class. As far as I know, it has not been approved for general use.

Because the blood pressure lowering effect of alpha blockers is relatively mild, these are not usually used by itself, but in conjunction with another class of blood pressure treatment drugs.

Louis. . .

Re: Re: Re: help for nocturnal urgency

Alan:Thanks. Brilliant idea with the urinal. Maybe I'll geta 5 gallon bucket, a piece of PVC pipe, roll over onmy side and pee in the pipe and empty in the AM. Won'teven have to sit up!!I haved slightly elevated blood pressure so maybe theFlomax will bring it down and fool my cardiologist.Don't like that fainting bit. Maybe tiny doses tostart?Thanks again, Dwight--- Alan Meyer <ameyer2yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:> > I used Flomax for about five months after HDR> brachytherapy. In> my case, I really needed it because I could hardly> urinate at all> without it. Also, at the period of worst side> effects, I got up> seven times each night (that was _with_ Flomax). I> think my> prostate was so inflamed by the radiation that

it> clamped the> urethra and I was never able to empty my bladder,> just squeeze> our a little before the pressure went down and I> couldn't get any> more out.> > Anyway, Flomax helped a lot. The one significant> side effect I> noticed was a drop in blood pressure. When I first> took it, I> could hardly stand up and almost fainted once. > Later I took it> again and had no real problem.> > Besides the drug, another thing that helped me sleep> was to keep> a urinal beside the bed. Instead of stumbling> through the dark> and cold to the bathroom I just sat up, urinated> into the jug,> put the cap back on, and went back to sleep.> > > Alan Meyer> ameyer2yahoo (DOT) com>

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