How effective is Tamsulosin for Prostatitis? (a real world drug study)
Summary:
Overall ratings: 2.9/5 Long term ratings: 2.8/5
This is a phase IV clinical study of how effective Tamsulosin (tamsulosin) is for Prostatitis and for what kind of people. The study is created by eHealthMe from 18 Tamsulosin users and is updated continuously.
What is Tamsulosin?
Tamsulosin has active ingredients of tamsulosin. It is often used in prostate examination abnormal. eHealthMe is studying from 72,635 Tamsulosin users. Check the latest studies of Tamsulosin.
What is Prostatitis?
Prostatitis (inflammation of the prostate gland) is found to be associated with 511 drugs and 543 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Prostatitis.
18 people are studied for taking Tamsulosin in Prostatitis
Overall effectiveness (number of people):

Long term (1+ years) effectiveness (number of people):

Tamsulosin effectiveness for Prostatitis (number of people):
Overall:
- not at all: 1
- somewhat: 3
- moderate: 10
- high: 4
- very high: 0
Long Term:
- not at all: 1
- somewhat: 1
- moderate: 5
- high: 1
- very high: 0
Gender of people who take Tamsulosin for Prostatitis *:
- female: 0.0 %
- male: 100 %
Age of people who take Tamsulosin for Prostatitis *:
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 0.0 %
- 20-29: 0.0 %
- 30-39: 11.11 %
- 40-49: 11.11 %
- 50-59: 5.5600000000000005 %
- 60+: 72.22 %
Who find Tamsulosin more effective for Prostatitis?
Gender of people who take Tamsulosin for Prostatitis *:
- female: 0.0 %
- male: 100 %
Age of people who take Tamsulosin for Prostatitis *:
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 0.0 %
- 20-29: 0.0 %
- 30-39: 25 %
- 40-49: 0.0 %
- 50-59: 0.0 %
- 60+: 75 %
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
Do you take Tamsulosin?
- You can start a phase IV clinical trial to monitor Tamsulosin safety and effectiveness.How to use the study?
DO NOT STOP MEDICATIONS without first consulting your doctor. If there are any serious or long term adverse effects discovered in the study, discuss the study with your doctor to ensure that proper medication management will be in place if applicable.
Related studies
Alternative drugs to, pros and cons of:
- Tamsulosin (72,635 reports)
Treatments, associated drugs and conditions:
- Prostatitis (8,079 reports)
How the study uses the data?
The study is based on tamsulosin (the active ingredients of Tamsulosin) and Tamsulosin (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study neither.
Who is eHealthMe?
With medical big data and proven AI/ML algorithms, eHealthMe provides a platform for everyone to run phase IV clinical trials. We study millions of patients and 5,000 more each day. Results of our real-world drug study have been referenced on 800+ peer-reviewed medical publications, including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature. Our analysis results are available to researchers, health care professionals, patients (testimonials), and software developers (open API).
WARNING, DISCLAIMER, USE FOR PUBLICATION
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