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Anyone Taking Combined Therapy of Tamsulosin + Finasteride for BPH?
Men's Health | Last Active: Oct 23 7:03am | Replies (27)Comment receiving replies
Your story is so encouraging, thank you! I would be very fortunate to have such a positive outcome as yours. I'm 72, and have experienced many of the BPH symptoms, medication results, and side effects as you have since I started taking tamsulosin a year ago, and recently, finasteride via combined therapy. I'm pleased with my current state and have tolerated some of the "weird" side effects you mentioned, but so far, nothing unmanageable.
And I just learned I have an inguinal hernia in my scrotum area of my abdomen, after it was found on my MRI, along with my enlarged prostate but with no cancerous lesions. I've had no visible or painful symptoms yet with my hernia, but the general surgeon I met told me what to expect and do if I experience such symptoms.
If and when my time comes to consider minimally invasive procedures for my BPH, I will absolutely discuss the aquablation option with my urologist. Thanks again, and best wishes to you on your return to all things "normal" :-). Enjoy!
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Thanks for your response tgregg99! I wish you all the best. I'm probably repeating myself here, but...again, I want to offer caution, based on my experience with BPH: If you have to undergo any surgery that requires anesthesia, beware. BPH was manageable, especially with the meds, until I had any anesthesia. Anesthesia always caused my prostate to shut down completely; several times I needed a catheter for a while after anesthesia. In my most recent case, even though the hernia surgeon and my (former) urologist thought the relatively local anesthesia wouldn't cause a problem, prostate surgery was my only alternative to get rid of the catheter. I was catheterized from the day after the first hernia surgery (2/14/24) until 2 1/2 weeks after aquablation (on 4/29/24), and a week after 2nd hernia surgery (on 5/9/24)...until 5/16/24. That was per the aquablation urologist's recommendation to let the hernia surgery heal somewhat to make sure I'd be able to urinate on my own. Again, best of luck to you!