[Treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia with tamsulosin]

The past few decades mark a rejuvenation of the contingent of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) patients. The condition affects mainly the active age in men, with the substantial financial burden of treatment leading to a surge of interest in the disease. The hazards of postoperative complications development constrain modern urologists to seek for new, safer and more effective methods of conservative management. The task undertaken is to assay the effect of application and possible side phenomena of Tamsulosin treatment in BPH patients, administered at dose 0.4 mg a single time on a daily basis over 12 to 24 weeks. A nationwide multicenter, parallel, randomized study is conducted in seven urological clinical units throughout the country, covering a one year period. For the purpose a total of 310 men, aged 52 to 68 years, presenting moderately expressed BPH symptomatology are investigated. IPSS improvement is documented in 229 patients (74%), and a significant MUD improvement is observed in 115 patients (37%), with the residual urine quantity decreasing significantly in 108 patients (35%). In conclusion, it is believed that Tamsulosin administration as a superselective alpha-1-A adrenoblocker is one of major achievements in the conservative therapeutic approach to prostate adenoma.