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Suffering From Chronic Hypertension. Had Problem During Urination Due To Enlarged Prostrate. Should I Stop Prostrate Medication?

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Posted on Tue, 5 Nov 2013
Question: , this is a history of what happened to me that’s why I’m writing to you. I’m a 53 yr old male suffering from chronic hypertension. I am taking maintainance drug exforge 5mg/160mg in the AM & half tablet of amplodipine 5mg at 6PM. It,s been alright until recently I was having problem urinating due to my enlarged prostate that’s why I saw a urologist & phe prescribed me Tamsulosin 0.4mg. which was to be taken at bedtime. I have taken the medicine twice & I had this problems when I woke in the morning: my blood pressure was 110/69 w/ heart rate of 51-55, plus I’m having problem breathing thru my nose it seem like it’s clogged everytime I took the Tamsulosin. With this experience I was advice my doctor to wait until my BP was at least 130/something then I can take amplodipine, however what I did was I took exforge in the evening about 8PM (usually taken in the AM) but I had a headache but my blood pressure at a normal. When I woke up in the morning I took 5mg Amplodipine & my BP was ok till bedtime, however I took tamsulosin again at bedtime & got the same symptoms that I had before. Now I’m planning of stopping my prostate meds & just continue with my maintenance. Please advice me on how I’m going deal with the discrepancies caused by the prostate meds.
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Answered by Dr. Pavan Kumar Gupta (3 hours later)
Brief answer...Tamsulosin does cause ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION in some individuals.
Detailed answer...
Hello,
Thanks for the query.
TAMSULOSIN tends to cause dizziness,headache,lightheadedness in people specially in early stages of treatment.This effect of low blood pressure gets more pronounced in people,who already are on antihypertensives for control of their hypertension.
You are advised to rise slowly from bed in the morning and also get up slowly even in daytime.
Gradually,you would be adjusted to TAMSULOSIN.
Try taking TAMSULOSIN 1/2 hour after your dinner,every day.
If you suddenly feel headache or dizzy in daytime ,you can sit and take rest for sometime.Don't worry,soon you shall be all right.
You can continue your other anti hypertensives as usual with EXFORGE in morning and AMLODIPINE in evening.
I hope it helps however you may revert to me for any further query.
Best of luck
Thanks
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Suffering From Chronic Hypertension. Had Problem During Urination Due To Enlarged Prostrate. Should I Stop Prostrate Medication?

Brief answer...Tamsulosin does cause ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION in some individuals.
Detailed answer...
Hello,
Thanks for the query.
TAMSULOSIN tends to cause dizziness,headache,lightheadedness in people specially in early stages of treatment.This effect of low blood pressure gets more pronounced in people,who already are on antihypertensives for control of their hypertension.
You are advised to rise slowly from bed in the morning and also get up slowly even in daytime.
Gradually,you would be adjusted to TAMSULOSIN.
Try taking TAMSULOSIN 1/2 hour after your dinner,every day.
If you suddenly feel headache or dizzy in daytime ,you can sit and take rest for sometime.Don't worry,soon you shall be all right.
You can continue your other anti hypertensives as usual with EXFORGE in morning and AMLODIPINE in evening.
I hope it helps however you may revert to me for any further query.
Best of luck
Thanks