| Buy Generic Hytrin online | | | | by the liver and excreted partially by the kidney. |
| GENERIC NAME: terazosin | | | | Therefore, medication dosages may need to be |
| BRAND NAME: Hytrin | | | | lowered in patients with liver or kidney |
| DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Terazosin | | | | dysfunction. |
| belongs to a class of medications called alpha 1 | | | | By relaxing the smooth muscles and dilating the |
| blockers which relaxes the smooth muscles of | | | | arteries, terazosin can cause a marked lowering |
| the arteries, the prostate, and the bladder neck. | | | | of the blood pressure especially when the patient |
| Other alpha blockers in the same class of drugs | | | | stands up (postural hypotension). Postural |
| include doxazosin (Cardura), alfuzosin (Uroxatral), | | | | hypotension can cause the patient to pass out |
| tamsulosin (Flomax), and prazosin (Minipress). | | | | (syncope) upon standing. Postural hypotension and |
| Relaxing the smooth muscles of the arteries | | | | syncope are usually associated with the first dose |
| lowers blood pressure. Relaxing the smooth | | | | or the first few days of treatment. Hypotension |
| muscles around the bladder neck relieves urinary | | | | and syncope can also occur when medication |
| obstruction caused by an enlarged prostate | | | | doses are increased abruptly or another blood |
| (prostate hypertrophy). | | | | pressure medication is added. In order to |
| PRESCRIPTION: Yes | | | | decrease the likelihood of excessive hypotension |
| Buy Generic Hytrin online | | | | and syncope, terazosin is initiated at low doses |
| GENERIC AVAILABLE: Yes | | | | and given at bedtime while lying down. The dose |
| PREPARATIONS: Tablets: 1, 2, 5, and 10mg. | | | | can be increased slowly as needed. |
| STORAGE: Should be stored at room | | | | Prostate cancer and hypertrophy both cause |
| temperature (below 80 degrees F) in a tight | | | | similar symptoms of obstruction to the flow of |
| container. | | | | urine. Prostate cancer and prostate hypertrophy |
| PRESCRIBED FOR: Terazosin is used to treat the | | | | can co-exist. Therefore, patients being treated for |
| symptoms of urinary obstruction as a result of an | | | | prostate hypertrophy should be evaluated to |
| enlarged prostate. Terazosin relaxes the smooth | | | | exclude the presence of prostate cancer. |
| muscles of the bladder neck and the prostate and | | | | SIDE EFFECTS: Besides postural hypotension and |
| increases urine flow. Terazosin is also used alone | | | | dizziness, the rare reported side effects are |
| or in combination with another blood pressure | | | | weakness, fatigue, headaches, swelling (edema), |
| medication to treat high blood pressure. | | | | palpitations, nasal congestion, sleepiness, |
| DOSING: May be taken with or without food. | | | | decreased libido, impotence, and blurred vision. |
| DRUG INTERACTIONS: Terazosin is metabolized | | | | |