Please suggest Before performing pass surgery to remove cataract of my eyes, the surgeon is asking to stop temporarily for one-week tamsulosin hydrochloride 0.4 mg (taking daily one capsule regularly. My prostate is enlarged but urine is well controlled by taking tamsulosin hydrochloride 0.4 mg (taking daily one capsule regularly). Will it be harmful if I stop temporarily for one week? Your information will be highly appreciable.
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Hello, No need to stopping it for 1 week as it can cause a problem in urine outflow. You can even go for cataract surgery even without stopping it. If any further suggestions req you can call me through Lybrate. By the way, are you suffering from any other systemic disease like diabetes, hypertension, etc.
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Usually it is not harmful to stop medications. These days many do not recommend any stoppage of medications. However, it totally depends on surgeons comfort for the same.
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Tamsulosin is known to cause floppy iris syndrome affecting surgery. So if your prostate related symptoms are not very severe, you may consider stopping for 1 week. However most surgeons can manage well even without stopping the medicine.
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In my opinion, there is no need to stop tamsulosin.
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Patients on tamsulosin are at increased surgical risk during cataract surgery. It is best to meet your treating physician (for prostate) with regards stoppage, its duration and restarting its use. your cataract surgeon has advised you rightly.
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Generally stopping this medicine is not harmful. So nothing to worry.
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