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BPH/ prostatitis question

Hi I am a 42 year old male w prostatitis and BPH history
My main symptom is
Frequent urination and my prostrate area feels hot. My behind prostrate area is tingly at times then I have to pee a lot
I have to pee every 45 minutes. Very aggravating. I have an enlarged prostrate. I just was on bactrim  DS for 6 weeks for Prostatitis cause of pandemic they could not see me. My urine is always clean. I was given flomax but refuse to take it because of ejaculate going backwards and might faint. What can I do to solve this? I usually go to acupuncture but this pandemic is closing everything. Can you have both prostatitis and bph
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I hear ya... I've been on .4 Flomax since January and its hard to get off of it. It basically tells the bladder neck muscles = "ok we are going to do your job now, take a break"... so to speak..  but when you stop it seems neither the muscles or the drug obviously are doing the job and they tighten back up and I get he urine retention again... Its very frustrating because I was doing exceptionally well before trying to stop. Everyone everywhere says to "wean off of Flomax or cut back the dose. I understand BUT how do you cut down the dosage if you are already on the lowest strength and it says everywhere to not cut them open.. Its kind of weird because I had an MRI done in February and the dimensions of my prostate are 4.7 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm with a calculated volume of 32 ml, so it doesn't seem to be as bad as some I hear about, but that middle number is width and that is pushing against the bladder and urethra..  I take organic pumpkin seed oil, saw palmetto, pygeum and stinging nettle root to help stop the conversion of testoserone to DHT. and slowly shrink the prostate. I would advise looking into that immediately so it doesn't  continue to get enlarged at he very least.. Eat a lot of healthy fats (omegas) that the prostate like s too.. I ordered this "Thermobalancing" belt recently that is supposed to shrink the prostate in  about 6 months... Big in Europ but not in the US of course since our health care system is literally a for - profit business (thanks to Richard Nixon - look it up) here is the belt if you are interested = https://finetreatment.com/bph-treatment-prostate-enlargement/ here is a pub med medical journal backing up its effectiveness = https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26571324/ Good luck my friend... its frustrating as s__t but don't give up and do your own research.. There way more things to do beside Proscar and horrible surgeries that destroy men. Blessings, Mr. B
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p.s - as for the retrograde ejaculation which is scary and weird, it does not happen if you have sex right before its time to take a dose. For example I was taking Flomax after lunch mid day, and if I had sex that evening the retrograde issue would happen, but if I waited to have sex until the next morning or afternoon before taking another dose it does not happen and ejaculate exits out the way it is supposed to... good info to know but can be a little ridiculous to "schedule" play time with your partner around a damn pharmaceutical chemical.
Interesting post.  Drugs can be amazing but ya, they have complications.  I particularly hate when it's hard to discontinue it!  What does this belt do? How long have you been using it?
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Prostatitis and BPH are similar. How and when were you diagnosed with each?

I'm not here to convince you to take Flomax - that's a decision only you can make. I just want to make sure you have all the information. Depending on the dose, either .4 mg or .8 mg, only 8.4% and 18/1%, respectively, of men experienced any ejaculation issues. Again, depending on the dose, 14.9% and 17.1% experienced dizziness, respectively. http://products.sanofi.us/flomax/flomax.pdf (Click on prescribing information at the top.)

Those are real concerns, though. My dad took Flomax, and definitely had the dizziness issue, which is a result of blood pressure changes. He was 30+ years older than you, and had prostate cancer, so your experience may be very different.

I don't know if you have prostatitis or BPH, or both - https://www.healthline.com/health/enlarged-prostate/prostatitis-and-bph That's up to the doctors. Has anyone been able to examine you or do any blood work or anything?

A lot of men here have reported improvements in chronic prostatitis by stopping caffeine. That seems to make the most difference. It isn't a cure, but it can help.

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Yes I have stopped caffeine my prostrate is big.. have erection problems the prostate feels inflamed.... it’s hard to get an appt w a dr. I have 3 months worth of the flomax but as I said al afraid to take it.... I will get hold of my dr.
Let us know what happens.
Well the Prostatitis recurred and coens and goes… I heard about the belt… reluctant to do the flomax hence the side effects…. It really does sucks….
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