You have joined the club. There is a prescription -- and an equivalent OTC med that might well work on you:Yup, I sleep well until the bladder wakes me up....after that it is in and out the rest of the night.
Flomax AKA: Tamsulosin .4gm/cap
Tamsulosin is used to help reduce the following symptoms of benign preostatic hyperplasia: BPH.
Does this describe you fairly?
- Frequent need to pee
- Urgent need to pee
- Waking up overnight to pee
- Trouble getting your flow of urine to start or stop
- Urine stream that is weak, dribbles, or pauses
- Feeling like your bladder is not empty after you pee
Sauce:
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I've been taking this stuff for 8 years As of this year (*sigh*) it has lost its magic. But I'm a bunch of years ahead of you, so you might well have a fixeroo.
So 'scuse me, I gotta go pee.