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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate BPH / February 2006Flomax dosage
Does anyone have experience with taking a flomax pill every other day? Robert > Does anyone have experience with taking a flomax pill every other day? > Robert Only comment i can give is if I forget and miss the pill I notice the i start to get a slight background urge to go pass water. Not that it gets worse though I never missed 2. On 1 a day no issues except for partial retro.. tony >> Does anyone have experience with taking a flomax pill every other day? >> Robert [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > except for partial retro.. > tony What is "partial" retro? Derek. I have tested half dosage daily, full dosage ever other day and every 36 hours because of extra low blood pressure. I couldn't pee so I'm back to .4 MG daily and feel ok. Guess I adjusted to the low bp. Gene > Does anyone have experience with taking a flomax pill every other day? > Robert I guess everybody has a different experience. I'm gonna paste something I wrote in a different thread: "I use Flomax occasionally, in small doses. I open a capsule, pour the ingredients onto a piece of paper, divide it into thirds, and put each of those small quantities into a new capsule. (You can buy empty capsules.) This does the trick for me and minimizes the side effects." Futhermore, I take that small dose only about every 4 or 5 days. It's a only a tiny amount, but it actually improves my stream for several days. Bruce > I guess everybody has a different experience. I'm gonna paste > something I wrote in a different thread: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > a only a tiny amount, but it actually improves my stream for several > days. That's amazing Bruce...I don't know what its half life is (I could check the package insert) but its not in terms of days. Its hard to believe that dividing one capsule in thirds helps you for 4 or 5 days. I don't doubt you, but it almost sounds like a placebo effect :-) ...Pete > Bruce It amazes me too! But I've seen it happen too many times to doubt it. It kicks in initially at about 6 hours, just a bit, and the maximum benefit seems to happen at about 20 hours. It's very gradually downhill from there, over the next few days. I'm just glad to have a way of taking it where I can't feel side effects. Unfortunately, my stream has been gradually decreasing over time, and I'm looking at the likelihood of PVP in the near future. I'd rather do that than increase the Flomax dosage. I strongly dislike the idea of taking any medicine at all. Who knows what Flomax is doing to all the other organs in my body?! Bruce >I guess everybody has a different experience. I'm gonna paste > something I wrote in a different thread: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Bruce You still have Flomax in capsules? I thought they were discontinued about last August - at least in the UK. The current product is Flomaxtra XL which is a orangey-yellow pill which is designed to give an even release over 24 hours, much better than the 'peaky' dosage given by the capsules. Slurp I bought some here a month and a half ago in capsules. (I live in California.) But now you've got me concerned about whether I'll be able to buy the capsule form in the future. It's important to me so I can measure out the small dosage that works best for me. Can your orangey-yellow pills be broken up with a razor into fractions? Bruce They sell inexpensive Pill cutters at any pharmacy or Wal-Mart, K-Mart ect. Dean, >I bought some here a month and a half ago in capsules. (I live in > California.) But now you've got me concerned about whether I'll be able [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Bruce >I bought some here a month and a half ago in capsules. (I live in > California.) But now you've got me concerned about whether I'll be able [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Bruce Yes you can - but the directions specifically suggest you do not do this as it will interfere with film coating dosage regulation mechanism. I quote from the info leaflet "The tablets must be swallowed whole and not chewed, broken or crushed, as this would stop the prolonged release action from working." http://netdoctor.msn.co.uk/uk/msn/articles/medicines/100001066.shtml Having said that then as the basic formulation is the same I would assume as you are used to using the capsule delivery type then that would not be a problem. Slurp >>I bought some here a month and a half ago in capsules. (I live in >> California.) But now you've got me concerned about whether I'll be able [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Yes you can - but the directions specifically suggest you do not do this as >it will interfere with film coating dosage regulation mechanism. Just curious... does anyone know what would happen if you DID crush the pill, with the intention to get quick release? Ed > I bought some here a month and a half ago in capsules. (I live in > California.) But now you've got me concerned about whether I'll be [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Bruce Bruce...don't panic. I don't see why you can't still buy the capsules. The pill slurp was talking about is just another version (doesn't mean they are going to cancel the original). Call the pharmaceuticl company and ask them...Pete > Bruce...don't panic. I don't see why you can't still buy the capsules. The > pill slurp was talking about is just another version (doesn't mean they are > going to cancel the original). Call the pharmaceuticl company and ask > them...Pete I don¹t care so much about the form of the pill, I just wish it was available as a generic. My HMO recently more than doubled the copay for brand-name drugs.  SignatureLarry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH yes > Does anyone have experience with taking a flomax pill every other day? > Robert > yes yes, and what?? Were you going to tell us how it worked for you. >> Does anyone have experience with taking a flomax pill every other >> day? Robert |
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