Cody's Health Problems

[Don Alaska]

If you can contact your oncologist, ask about the Tamsulosin causing a reaction. You can take two after different meals--one at a time, such as one 30 minutes after breakfast and another 30 minutes after lunch if needed, just try to take them 4 hours or more from other meds in case there is an interaction. You haven't mentioned other medications, so if there are no other meds, this wouldn't be the issue. Discuss this all with you providers though. They may have other suggestions. As I said before, there are other meds for the bladder spasms, but the VA may not stock them as they are expensive.

 

[Cody Fousnaugh]

If you can contact your oncologist, ask about the Tamsulosin causing a reaction. You can take two after different meals--one at a time, such as one 30 minutes after breakfast and another 30 minutes after lunch if needed, just try to take them 4 hours or more from other meds in case there is an interaction. You haven't mentioned other medications, so if there are no other meds, this wouldn't be the issue. Discuss this all with you providers though. They may have other suggestions. As I said before, there are other meds for the bladder spasms, but the VA may not stock them as they are expensive.

As for "other medications", I'm on: Extended Release Metformin and Glipizide (AM/PM) for being a Diabetic II. I take a blood pressure med each evening. I take a cholesterol med once a week on Mondays. I do think it's the Tamsulosin though, because the rash/sores didn't start until after I started taking the Tamsulosin. I've also got hemorrhoids and that doesn't help either.

I'm going to inform my oncology doctor about the rash/bumps, but don't really want to try another medicine. However, if these marks get much worse, I will have to try something else. I will also ask him about taking two Tamsulosin and see what he says. I did take those two, the other morning, at the same time. Perhaps that was my problem.

 

[Cody Fousnaugh]

I didn't take my "1" Tamsulosin yesterday AM, after breakfast, because I took "2" the day before and taking "2" without the oncologist doctors' approval isn't recommended at all. So, I read that if I did take "2", by mistake or whatever, I should not take my next dose of "1". Well, in not taking yesterday's dose of "1", I was pretty much up each hour last night trying to urinate with bladder spasm pain. At least with taking "1", I may get some spasm pain, but at least I urinate. With taking "2", I didn't feel good all day Monday, but that night I had no spasm pains at all when I urinated. And, I really urinated and got better sleep.

So, this morning (Wednesday), I'm about to take "1" and see how I do after that and tonight with urinating and sleep.

This morning (Wednesday) I got the Hormone shot. Another one is scheduled for me in November (three months from today). Before I get that one, I will get labs done at local VA, that will include a PSA lab to see if the Hormone shot I got today has helped lower my PSA number. Wife and I just hope that I don't get many, if any (yea, right) after affects from the shot I got today.

 

[Cody Fousnaugh]

Unfortunately, or whatever, my wife's older sister will visit us next week. We simply couldn't talk her out of it. She definitely doesn't like hearing the word "no" from anyone. She texted me and told us how excited she is to come here, but neither of us share that feeling with her. Oh well, just depends on how I feel if we go anywhere to meet her. Her and our niece will stop by our place.

 

[Don Alaska]

I have no idea if the Tamsulosin is responsible for the reaction. I have been told by others that Tamsulosin reacts with other drugs. Here is a link that you can use to check for known interactions:

Tamsulosin Interactions Checker - Drugs.com

311 medications are known to interact with tamsulosin. Includes sertraline, furosemide, trazodone.

www.drugs.com

It has a list of 311 drug interactions with Tamsulosin and there may be others that are not documented. There are also a couple interactions with foods. Give it a look @Cody Fousnaugh and perhaps use that info to communicate with your oncologist and urologist, especially if you find any that apply to you.