doxazosin
IPA: dɑksˈɑzoʊsɪn
noun
- (pharmacology) A drug taken orally in the form of its mesylate C₂₃H₂₅N₅O₅·CH₄O₃S to relieve urethral obstruction in benign prostatic hyperplasia and to treat hypertension. It is a derivative of quinazoline that acts to relax smooth muscle by combining with and blocking the activity of an alpha-receptor.
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Examples of "doxazosin" in Sentences
- Doxazosin has also been associated with volume expansion.
- Another common side effect of prazosin and doxazosin is priapism.
- Whether the price of these generic drugs will be in line with that of doxazosin remains to be seen.
- ( "poppers"); or an alpha blocker (other than tamsulosin (Flomax) 0.4 mg once a day) such as doxazosin
- Alpha blocker drugs like doxazosin are generally used first because they act fast and can relieve urination problems in a matter of days or weeks.
- The two fold increased relative risk of HF in the doxazosin group compared to the chlorthalidone group changed little when confined to hospitalized and fatal events.
- All methods employed provided confirmatory evidence that both the HF diagnosis and the difference in HF rates noted between the doxazosin and chlorthalidone groups were valid.
- As an alternative, we chose a generic alpha-blocker called doxazosin as our Best Buy selection because it is as effective and safe as Flomax, but costs just $10 or less per month.
- Efforts to authenticate the HF events in the doxazosin and chlorthalidone treatment groups represented a desirable step in the examination of the increased rate of HR in the doxazosin group.
- With the older drugs, such as doxazosin, your doctor should start you on a low dose and build up to a higher dose over a period of a few weeks to give your body time to adjust to the medicine.
- When it comes to treating the symptoms of an enlarged prostate, no one drug in the class of alpha-blockers (which includes doxazosin and tamsulosin) has been shown to be clearly superior in effectiveness or safety.
- However, with that in mind, your doctor should start you on a low dose of doxazosin when you first start taking it, and build up to a higher dose over a period of a few weeks to provide time for your body to adjust to the medicine.
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