Flomax and flowmax

Hi all, ive been on flomax about a month or so now, and have started having pain in muscles and tendons of arms and legs, anyone else having these side effects?, also i have experienced the other known side effect, reduced semen, and a kind of burning feeling in the groin area. Bryan in Indiana.

I am 59 (weight 158) and was having big problems with flow and frequency. Started Flomax about 3 months ago. The flomax worked great but I noticed the side effects immediately (dizzy/light headed/trouble sleeping). After about 3 weeks I began taking it every other day which helped reduce the side effects but didn't hurt urine flow etc. Still the dizziness etc was too much sometimes so I opened the capsules and took 1/4 to 1/3 dose. This is working best for me. Almost no dizziness and urine flow is still good.
P.S. Watch out using flomax in 100 degree heat. The heat seemed to magnify the dizziness factor and ringing in the ears.

I started taking flowmax due to low flow and dribble. im 37 and never had problems like this before. Flow was great after a day on the flowmax. after a week it seemed to stop working. My doctor insisted taking 2 .4mg pills instead of one. 3 days later flow wasn't any better and my lower back and groin started to hurt. I stopped the flowmax and now its one month later, flow is better but my pain in my lower back and groin isn't getting better. anyone else have this groin pain? ive had no ejaculation problems but my wife has commented that im always tired and my sex drive has all but disappeared.

I have been on Flowmax almost a year. It solved the hard to go problem almost immediately. I do not have any problem going to the bathroom and usually make it through the night now without having to get up. I do not have a particularly hard time getting an erection, but I have notice a much lower ejaculation and less satisfying climax. But age could also be a factor for me at 64. For the most part I like what Flowmax did for me. Before the doc put me on Flowmax there would be times I had a hard time urinating and it was scary. For me I will have to continue using the drug.

I first started to take Flowmax about three years ago and took it for about a year. I had most of the symptoms mentioned but also had swelling of one of my lymph nodes in the neck, also a nodule appeared next to one of my testicles (which I presume was another lymph node as it has now disappeared) , severe sore throat which had me off work for nearly a month. Together with all the other symptoms I thought I was on my way out! - Then I had reason to go away for a long weekend and forgot to take the Flowmax with me and most of the Symptoms disappeared!! It was only at this stage that I actually looked at the side affects of the drug on the packaging did I realize what I had put myself through. Never again will I take for granted that medicine "will do me good" I harsh lesson. My neck gland is still the size of a golf ball, and now through ultrasound they have found nodules in my thyroid gland. Is this all part of the same thing I ask myself? (ps I did not get the painful erection which was more or less the only one I did not get)

I have had problems with kidney stones but thank god, no prostrate issues..
My first stone occurred in the fall of '05. My doctor at the time - the nastiest old bastard that ever graduated med school, prescribed Flomax to help the stone pass.....I took one or two and the stone passed in a few days..I don't recall any side effects from that instance.

Fast forward to Jan '08...I had another stone that made itself "known" to me for weeks before being diagnosed.......That after a trip to the ER.Lotsa' fun, everyone should go!.....I took Flomax about three times during that period and had some nasty side effects - reflecting many that have been previously published here. I got dizzy and nauseated at times.....I also suffer from panic/anxiety disorder.Flomax made me a basket case!......The "roaring" and "ringing"in the ears was and still is problem..... I passed that stone in early Feb.....
At the end of Feb the BIG ONE (1cm) decided to drop down the ol' ureter. My present urologist (Yeah the old buzzard finally retired!) gave me options, as stones of that size are real mothers to pass. Take pain pills, Uricit and Flomax......Or insert a stint and wait.....The final option was lithotrypsy. Lithotrypsy is an outpatient procedure that breaks up the stone into smaller pieces while still in the body via vibrational waves...
I had the procedure and most of the particles were flushed out.....I recommend this procedure for a quick but costly fix....
The doctor warned me that there would be smaller particles that might take weeks to work their way out........Well, that's what happened..Just when I was recovering from all the medication - Flomax included, I had another piece start working it's way down..It's still mocking me as I write this.
I took Flomax - out of desperation for three days for the purpose of flushing out this one last particle. My patience with this stone and it's aftermath was at an end! I wish I hadn't taken them.......The dreams, anxiety, rushing in the ears, dizziness..The whole thing! I had three capsules left and ground them up and threw them out today!

Flomax is hell on earth and I regret ever taking it. If I'd read this board on Sat I would have thrown them out then and just dealt with it, well I didn't and I'm suffering again.....Will it ever end?

Has anyone else experienced a bitter metallic taste in the mouth as well as an unpleasant smell to the urine as well? I also have this irritating urge to urinate but the flow is moderate........I was doing well without any medication when I got impatient and took the Flomax. How long will this be in my system I wonder.... Sex drive? I have none now.......Kidney stones really take it out of you, that mixed with the Flomax has put me on the sexual sidelines.....*sigh*.
Robert

I have been taking Flowmax for several months and have had problems getting an erection,I have very little sex drive.I have been having a lot of gas,and pains in my left side .Very little semen fluid and sometimes no climax at all.Very displeased with this product.Will seek for other remedies.ron 3748

Well, I just took a Flowmax and now after reading this it makes me want to go throw up. I like my sex and I like what comes out as well. Not sure if I will use.

After sitting or lying down getting up have passed out falling like a tree in the forrest. Broken ribs, internal damages, life threatning situation. All three times hospitalized. Every test imaginable was done no blockages in arteries. Conclusion reached was drug conflicts. My doctor believes strongly that Flowmax was the cause. He has received information that many other men have also passed into unconcious state, subsequently falling backwards no ability to stop the fall.
Allen H. ***

I started taking flowmax three days ago cant sleep and no ejaculation. I was on hytrin which I am going back to tonight. Flowmax did decrease the amount of time I wake up to unrinate but not worth the trade off.

I wasn't sure until I ran across this site, but flomax has seemed to retard both erections and ejaculate. I will stop flomax today. Joel

I have started taking flowmax.
myexperience is presure and ringing in my ears no ejaculation
I still have to get up 3-4 times a night and go often during the day, I have low energy, stream is better