If you’ve been diagnosed with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), your doctor may prescribe tamsulosin for you. BPH is also called enlarged prostate. It’s a noncancerous condition that affects adult ...

Tamsulosin (Dynapres (0.4 mg)) is an alpha blocker, prescribed for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or prostate enlargement. It improves the flow of urine by relaxing the muscles of the prostate and ...

Tamsulosin oral capsule is available as a brand-name drug and a generic drug. Brand name: Flomax. Tamsulosin comes only as a capsule you take by mouth. Tamsulosin oral capsule is used to treat the ...

Tamsulosin is a generic prescription drug that’s used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). This condition is also known as an enlarged prostate. Tamsulosin can cause side effects ranging from ...

June 18, 2010 (UPDATED June 21, 2010) — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a single-capsule formulation of 0.5-mg dutasteride and 0.4-mg tamsulosin (Jalyn; GlaxoSmithKline) for ...

The researchers found that stone passage rates were 50% in the tamsulosin group and 47% in the placebo group (relative risk, 1.05; 95.8% confidence interval, 0.87 to 1.27; P=.60). HealthDay News — ...

Credit: Getty Images. A recent study may support use of tamsulosin as medical expulsion therapy following shockwave lithotripsy. Tamsulosin may be effective as medical expulsive therapy for patients ...

Tamsulosin is a safe and effective adjunctive treatment to shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) for renal and ureteral stones, a recent meta-analysis suggests. The medication improves stone clearance rates, ...

Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is the standard treatment used to break up renal calculi of up to 20 mm diameter. Gravina and colleagues investigated whether tamsulosin, an α 1-blocker, ...

The passage rate for ureteral stones less than 9 mm in diameter did not differ significantly between tamsulosin and placebo recipients, study finds. Medical expulsive therapy using the alpha blocker ...