The duration of tamsulosin depends on the degree of improvement of urination symptoms, ranging from 1 month to 3 months.
The duration of tamsulosin depends on the degree of improvement of urination symptoms, patients with mild urination difficulties can generally take about 1 month to improve the symptoms, and can be discontinued after review of normal urination. Patients with more severe urinary symptoms need to extend the duration of the drug, generally take more than 2 to 3 months or even longer, until the urinary symptoms have improved significantly before stopping the drug.
Tamsulosin is mainly used to treat the symptoms of dysuria caused by prostate hyperplasia, the drug can selectively relax the smooth muscle of the prostate, thus improving the symptoms of frequent urination, urinary urgency and dysuria in patients with prostate hyperplasia. When taking Tamsulosin for a long time without significant improvement in symptoms should go to the regular hospital for further examination, surgical treatment can be considered.
In addition, taking Tamsulosin must follow the doctor’s instructions to continue to take, if there are obvious side effects such as low blood pressure, dizziness and other symptoms, you should promptly go to the regular hospital to find a professional doctor to assess whether you need to continue to take, to avoid delaying the condition. It is contraindicated for those who are allergic to this product.