Actemra (Tocilizumab Auto-Injectors) and Tamsulosin Hydrochloride

• Generic Name: tocilizumab
• Dosage Forms: injection, solution, concentrate
• Other Brand Names: Actemra, Actemra ACTPen

• It is used to treat some types of arthritis.
• It is used to treat a certain artery problem called giant cell arteritis (GCA).
• It is used to treat cytokine release syndrome (CRS).
• It may be given to you for other reasons. Talk with the doctor.

• Generic Name: tamsulosin
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Flomax

Reduction of urinary obstruction and relief of associated manifestations (e.g., hesitancy, terminal dribbling of urine, interrupted or weak stream, impaired size and force of stream, sensation of incomplete bladder emptying or straining) in hypertensive or normotensive patients with symptomatic BPH.

Although drug therapy usually is not as effective as surgical therapy, it may provide adequate symptomatic relief with fewer and less serious adverse effects compared with surgery.

May consider combined therapy with an α1-adrenergic blocker and 5α-reductase inhibitor for men with bothersome moderate to severe BPH and demonstrable prostatic enlargement. Has been more effective than therapy with either drug alone in preventing long-term BPH symptom progression. Men at risk for BPH progression are most likely to benefit from combination therapy.

Manufacturer states that tamsulosin should not be used for the treatment of hypertension.