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Suggest An Alternative Medicine For BPH

My dad is 87 years old. He takes flomax for bph and travatan drops for glaucoma. He has mild high blood pressure but won t take his bp meds because it makes him feel to bad. He recently began having high blood sugar so I began looking at his medications. I now know that flomax has been causing many of his symptoms of dizziness and fatigue. I also read that flomax can raise blood sugar. He has taken flomax for many years. My question is what alternative medicine can he take for bph with less side effects. Or would surgery at his age help if all he has is an enlarged prostate. My concern is the years of taking flomax would result in no urinary control after surgery.
Thu, 23 May 2019
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Hello,

No, surgery would not have such after effects.Now a days,endoscopic surgery is done by urologist under spinal(regional) anesthesia and not on general anesthesia. It is quite safe.

But you need to control his blood pressure and blood sugars prior to surgery.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Take care

Regards,
Dr AJEET SINGH, General & Family Physician
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Suggest An Alternative Medicine For BPH

Hello, No, surgery would not have such after effects.Now a days,endoscopic surgery is done by urologist under spinal(regional) anesthesia and not on general anesthesia. It is quite safe. But you need to control his blood pressure and blood sugars prior to surgery. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr AJEET SINGH, General & Family Physician