Another trip to the doctors a couple of days ago has left me with a new alpha-blocker, alfuzosin, chosen fairly randomly from the list available. I know Db and Gm have had to do this kind of juggling in the past to get a drug within a class to suit them, but its yet another frustration.
First signs from alfuzosin are not promising as felt tired yesterday before taking the first dose, and dreadful this morning. At least the flow is holding up, but I can’t see this drug panning out before returning to see dB on Monday.
I was hoping we could find an alpha blocker by Monday that would keep my waterworks functioning, without causing undue fatigue, and therefore let me get signed off as fit for work. As it is, I am probably going to need to make a gradual return to work (its strange to have been out of it for so long) with shorter days and lots of working from home.
The bottom line is that unless the alfuzosin gets any better, it looks like we are back to playing drugs roulette. Now off to get some coffee (I REALLY need it), start a “tiredness vs drug” diary and google “tamsulosin fatigue alternative”.
UPDATE: having just been looking online, seems the stuffiness I was feeling this morning was listed as a side effect of tamsulosin, which I haven’t suffered from too much up until now taking the alfuzosin – looks like we are going backwards here!
