I HAVE BEEN TAKING TAMSULOSIN HCL DAILY AT BEDTIME DAILY FOR OVER 11/2 YEARS PRESRIBED BY A UCLA PHYSICIAN, JANE WHITEMAN MD WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO SEE BUT IS STILL A UCLA GERIATRICIAN AS FAR AS I KNOW . YHE REASON FOR MY CHOICE WAS .AS A VERY SENIOR UCLA FULL CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY NOW RETIRED, DR WHITEMAN AGREED WITH THE LVNs AT THE ASSISTED LIVING CENTER WHERE I NOW RESIDE THAT A DOCTOR'S RX WAS NEEDED FOR A BELMONT RESIDENT TO HAVE LACTAID TABLETS WHICH THEY DISPENSED AS IF IT WAS RX MEDS RATHER THAN OTC WHICH OTC STATUS IS ALMOST UNIVERSALLY KNOWN TO LAYMEN. I CHOSE TO ASK ANOTHER UCLA INTERNIST AS MY PERSONAL DOC WITHOUT SEEING DR. W AT ALL AS FAR AS I CAN RECOLLECT, YETTHE RX LABEL CITES DR W. AS THE PRESCRIBER OF THE MEDICATION IN QUESTION:TAMSULOSIN HCL {FLOMAX) 0,4MG CAPSULE BY MOUTH AT BEDTIME. SHOULD I QUESTION DR W ANY WAY ?
MY PHONE # IS 310 471 6233. PLEASE REPLY ASAP.
HARRT R BRICKMAN MD PHD