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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate BPH / April 2006Avodart or Flomax
what one is best to be on=My Doctor gave me the choice????? any info will help me what one to take= thanks for any info. Donno about Avodart, but I found the "flomax fog" to be awful. Couldn't wait to get off the stuff. Bill Hale Been on Flomax for almost 3 months. Only side effects are slightly diminished feelings at ejacualtion, and very slight increase in nasal discharge. It works great also. >Donno about Avodart, but I found the "flomax fog" to be awful. >Couldn't wait to get off the stuff. Bill Hale Bill's "Flomax fog" is an apt description. Also nasal congestion, reduced ejaculate, poor erections, and light-headedness. Hytrin is not much better, but also didn't work quite as well. Avodart is more of a long-term commitment. No immediate symtom relief, but supposedly shrinks the prostate over time. I couldn't stand it long enough to find out. Complete loss of libido, and a general feeling of being ten years older than before I started it. Some guys don't report these problems with either of these medications. They're both worth a try. I'd be inclined to start with the Flomax for symptom relief, then see if you can stand to add the Avodart for long-term shrinkage. If neither works, or if the side effects are too bothersome, get it over with and get a PVP (if you have good insurance). Then you won't need either Flomax or Avodart, and you'll get better results than from any pill. You might also want to try Uroxatral.I had the same problems with Hytrin and Flomax.The cure was worse than the disease, then tried Uroxatral which is very similar to Flomax, but without the side effects.I'm up only twice a night now with no side effects.You might also add a little Advil at night which also helps. Ed > You might also want to try Uroxatral.I had the same problems with > Hytrin and Flomax.The cure was worse than the disease, then tried > Uroxatral which is very similar to Flomax, but without the side > effects.I'm up only twice a night now with no side effects.You might > also add a little Advil at night which also helps. > Ed Ed...Did the flomax plug up your nose. I can't take it (nor hytrin or cardura), since alpha blockers plug my nose up completely and immediately. Some people report just the opposite (runny nose), which is another one of those crazy things where meds produce side effects in both directions. Anyway if the flomax plugged up your nose, let me know - and when you take uroxatral, is your breathing unaffected. Pete Pete, Hytrin and Flomax both plugged my nose, but Hytrin was worse (intolerable). After the first day or two, no side effects at all with Uroxatral including no stuffy nose, no retro, no low BP etc. However. the first day after taking it,I was very light headed in the AM. That passed, and no problem since. Ed > Pete, > Hytrin and Flomax both plugged my nose, but Hytrin was worse [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > AM. That passed, and no problem since. > Ed Thanks Ed >> Pete, >> Hytrin and Flomax both plugged my nose, but Hytrin was worse [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Thanks Ed I previously had trouble with Flowmax. The Dr. gave me some Uroxatral last month. That stuff bothered me too. Felt really rotten the next morning. One morning I even had trouble focusing an eye. Don't know if that was the Uroxatral but anyway decided getting up every couple hours was better. Hopefully that will be cured next week :-). >>> Pete, >>> Hytrin and Flomax both plugged my nose, but Hytrin was worse [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > I previously had trouble with Flowmax. Rich...where did that "w" come from. I guess you were "just going with the flow" :-) . Good luck next Tuesday...Pete The Dr. gave me some Uroxatral > last month. That stuff bothered me too. Felt really rotten the next > morning. One morning I even had trouble focusing an eye. Don't know > if that was the Uroxatral but anyway decided getting up every couple > hours was better. Hopefully that will be cured next week :-). >>>> Pete, >>>> Hytrin and Flomax both plugged my nose, but Hytrin was worse [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Rich...where did that "w" come from. I guess you were "just going with the > flow" :-) . Good luck next Tuesday...Pete I don't know!! My fingers just type out words and I don't even think about it. I find myself typing Cummings when I am talking about diesel engines. Near th end of a word "in" always gets followed by a g. Something does definitely plug up my nose Pete. However, I discovered drinking extra water opens it. I get up about four times each night and if I drink three swallows of water at that time the problem doesn't occur. Go figure Gene > > You might also want to try Uroxatral.I had the same problems with > > Hytrin and Flomax.The cure was worse than the disease, then tried [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Pete > Something does definitely plug up my nose Pete. > However, I discovered drinking extra water opens it. > I get up about four times each night and if I drink three swallows > of water at that time the problem doesn't occur. Go figure > Gene Gene...are you talking about your nose being plugged up in general, or because of taking flomax or avodart (I'm not sure). Either way, I don't know why drinking a few swallows of water when you get up each time would help, other than to just make you feel like you may have to pee again sooner :-) . It's interesting though...Pete >>> You might also want to try Uroxatral.I had the same problems with >>> Hytrin and Flomax.The cure was worse than the disease, then tried [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> >> Pete When my nose dries out it closes on me. The extra fluid keeps it moist and open. Gene > > Something does definitely plug up my nose Pete. > > However, I discovered drinking extra water opens it. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > >> > >> Pete Something does definitely plug up my nose Pete. However, I discovered drinking extra water opens it. I get up about four times each night and if I drink three swallows of water at that time the problem doesn't occur. Go figure Gene > > You might also want to try Uroxatral.I had the same problems with > > Hytrin and Flomax.The cure was worse than the disease, then tried [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Pete Something does definitely plug up my nose Pete. However, I discovered drinking extra water opens it. I get up about four times each night and if I drink three swallows of water at that time the problem doesn't occur. Go figure Gene > > You might also want to try Uroxatral.I had the same problems with > > Hytrin and Flomax.The cure was worse than the disease, then tried [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Pete Something does definitely plug up my nose Pete. However, I discovered drinking extra water opens it. I get up about four times each night and if I drink three swallows of water at that time the problem doesn't occur. Go figure Gene > > You might also want to try Uroxatral.I had the same problems with > > Hytrin and Flomax.The cure was worse than the disease, then tried [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Pete >Anyway if the flomax plugged up your nose, let me know - I took either Flomax or Hytrin for years. I also took Flonase for a stuffy nose. Never made the connection until I got on this NG. After my PVP I quit the Hytrin and the Flonase - nose is fine. >> Anyway if the flomax plugged up your nose, let me know - > > I took either Flomax or Hytrin for years. I also took Flonase for a > stuffy nose. Never made the connection until I got on this NG. After > my PVP I quit the Hytrin and the Flonase - nose is fine. Flonase is a corticosteroid (to reduce inflammation) and has nothing to do with the alpha blockers flomax and hytrin...Pete >>> Anyway if the flomax plugged up your nose, let me know - >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Flonase is a corticosteroid (to reduce inflammation) and has nothing > to do with the alpha blockers flomax and hytrin...Pete Sorry Temujin...I think I may have misinterpreted your post. I guess you were taking the flonase (which is basically for allergy type stuff) because the alpha blockers (hytrin and flomax) were dilating your blood vessels in your nose, and plugged your nose up (like they do me). Did the flonase counteract the stuffy nose (I am surprised since it is strictly an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid spray like I said). It is a shame you did that for years without suspecting the flomax or hytrin. They plug me up immediately and I can not breathe through my nose at all. I am surprised that your doctor kept prescribing the flonase indefinitely, as that is not good. I have taken every steroid inhaler and nose spray they made (back in the 90's). Take care...Pete Yeah, the Flonase helped some. I never suspected the Hytrin or Flomax as being the culprit because I had allergies most of my life. Desensitization shots had gotten rid of most of the allergy syptoms, but when my nose got stuffy again, I just thought it was the allergies coming back. I don't know why I didn't notice that it started at the same time that I started the Hytrin. I'm glad to be off both the Hytrin/Flomax and the Flonase. > what one is best to be on=My Doctor gave me the choice????? any info > will help me what one to take= thanks for any info. I hope your doctor explained to you that they were two totally unrelated drugs [one designed to shrink the prostate over time (avodart) - and the other one being a smooth muscle relaxer which works right away (flomax)]. Uro's may prescribe both at the same time, since it takes the avodart several months to work. Is your doctor a GP or a urologist. Pete |
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