Tamsulosin Tablet: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Precautions and Alternates

Name: Tamsulosin Tablet: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Precautions and Alternates
Duration: 4 min 38 s
Description: Tamsulosin is a prescription medicine used to treat the urinary symptoms caused by an enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH). It comes as a capsule or controlled-release tablet taken by mouth.

Tamsulosin Tablet

Generic name	Tamsulosin hydrochloride
Drug class	Alpha blocker (alpha1-adrenoceptor antagonist)
Forms	Oral capsule (0.4 mg), Controlled-release tablet (0.4 mg)

Tamsulosin is a prescription medicine used to treat the urinary symptoms caused by an enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH). It comes as a capsule or controlled-release tablet taken by mouth.

General information

Follow the prescriber and the leaflet that comes with this medicine.