I think the doctors don't realize how long I'm taking this. They keep renewing the prescription. I started to take it for help urinating but I didn't think it was a lifelong drug. Please give me a ball park of the usual treatment time. Thanks alot.
I have been using flomax for five yrs . How long do most people use it?
Question posted by chetlola on 29 Sep 2009
Last updated on 29 September 2022 by Teryx2013
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I’ve been on Flomax for just about 4yrs..It seems to help but I’m ready to get off them.There’s a new Procedure that takes 10min. In the doctors office that has pretty high reviews. It’s called Rezum. Has anyone tried this procedure?
I used it for something like 10-15 years prior to having a TURP operation in 2015. But even after an operation the prostate continues to grow and so the urinary blockage gradually returns over subsequent years. Now 4 years after my operation the BPH has returned enough I am thinking about having my PCP prescribe Flomax once again. I figure I may need another TURP or equivalent in perhaps 5-10 years. I'll be in my 70s and I am hoping I will still be healthy enough to be considered able to undergo a surgery. I have the impression there are surgeries similar to TURP but considered lighter surgery with less hospital and recovery time. (My TURP was not bad, I only had to stay overnight in the hospital and they were able to discontinue using the tubes before I checked out. (I had read that some people have to keep them in for up to a few days)
Most drugs were made to be used forever since they were made only to control and not to cure anything. This is a great incentive for the drug companies to develop drugs.
I take Flomax and advodart to control my BPH and the doctors told me for the rest of my life or until surgery is needed. than i wouldn't have to take them anymore
Hello all,
I didn't quite understand this BPH until I came by this site and started looking through the web some time back.
I don't know if anyone has heard of the Nymox trial but I decided to have this procedure done instead of taking pills. I have been in it for 2 months now and it really helped for relief so far.
I am wondering if anyone else has tried it with good results?
I tried to join a Nymox 1207 trial but was ineligible because I had a TUMT procedure a couple of years ago. I don't understand why NYMOX has reported excellent (twice as good as Flomax) trial results for almost a decade and still has not been submitted to the FDA for approval. The same is true for Botox injections to the prostate. So after a decade of promising statements the only two options are still meds like Flomax and surgery. There are so many postings of people not satisfied with surgery, that meds seem the only safe option at present.
I was told it will be lifelong, as well as my newest, 6 months ago, medication of Avodart-also forever;I am 67. The 2 together are a dynamite combo, more effective than either singularly, and this I read is common. I'll have them forever, and I take the Flomax 0.4 mg 2 times a day. I do not like that, but, I guess I'll get used to it. I often forget my a.m. dose, and I do not notice the difference.
I started with one Flowmax and didn't feel I was getting the results I wanted and started taking two a day, big mistake for me! It kept me up all night and really didn't improve my symtoms. Went back to one a day and seems to be doing the job now.
Yes, you might need to take Flomax lifelong, to control your symptoms.
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