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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / April 2005Flomax use
any information about your experience getting off of Flomax would be appreciated. Did you get advice from your Urologist? I am over 4 months post seeding and wondering if I am ready to stop using it. Thanks > any information about your experience getting off of Flomax would be > appreciated. Did you get advice from your Urologist? I am over 4 > months post seeding and wondering if I am ready to stop using it. > Thanks I'm having the same issue, am 9 months post seeding. Initially I needed to take 2 Flomax. Reduced to 1 Flomax at around 5 months. Tried going off completely several times but needed to go back on. Currently talking 1 every other day and that seems to be working well. Occasionally make it 1 every 2 days. According to the doctor who did the seed implants some people get off quickly, most off by the end of the first year and a few need to stay on for some longer period of time. He said that there was no danger in stopping occasionally to see if they are still needed. If still needed just start again. I've stopped and re-started several times without problems. Doug thanks for the response..what is your sensation when you try to go without? Is it a burning or pain? or just slower urination? I have only used 1 a day from the start...Ed > thanks for the response..what is your sensation when you try to go > without? Is it a burning or pain? or just slower urination? I have > only used 1 a day from the start...Ed The only response I have when I have gone off Flomax is just slower urination which returns to normal by the next morning after restarting the Flomax. I went off Flomax at about 10 months. At 6 months, my oncologist told me to try quitting anytime I felt that I was ready, but I had some travel planned and didn't want to risk any complications. At 10 months, when I did stop taking it, I noticed maybe a very slight slowdown at first, but now, about 40 days later, everything seems normal. My oncologist also said that you can stop Flomax and restart anytime you need to without worrying about any complications. Ron Carter > any information about your experience getting off of Flomax would be > appreciated. Did you get advice from your Urologist? I am over 4 > months post seeding and wondering if I am ready to stop using it. > Thanks My husband took it for about 2 years. He tried stopping it several times but each time had to start again. As Ron said it is not a problem starting and stopping it. Bev > any information about your experience getting off of Flomax would be > appreciated. Did you get advice from your Urologist? I am over 4 > months post seeding and wondering if I am ready to stop using it. > Thanks I forgot to say that it takes a while to build into your system and just doesn't work magic after one dose. Bev > My husband took it for about 2 years. He tried stopping it several times but > each time had to start again. As Ron said it is not a problem starting and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > months post seeding and wondering if I am ready to stop using it. > > Thanks |
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