Advice
Following an abbreviated submission.
Tamsulosin hydrochloride film-coated extended release tablets 400 microgram (equivalent to 367 microgram tamsulosin) are accepted for use in NHS Scotland for functional symptoms of benign prostatic hypertrophy as an alternative to modified release capsules.
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Medicine details
- Medicine name:
- Tamsulosin (Flomaxtra XL®)
- SMC ID:
- 149/04
- Indication:
- Benign prostatic hypertrophy
- Pharmaceutical company
- Yamanouchi Pharma Ltd
- BNF chapter
- Obstetrics, gynaecology, and urinary-tract disorders
- Submission type
- Abbreviated
- Status
- Accepted
- Date advice published
- 08 August 2005