Archive for November 2nd, 2008

Family Pratice News - Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia? Use Terazosin First - Brief Article

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

ATLANTA — The rational way to utilize [alpha]-blocking agents in benign prostatic hyperplasia is to prescribe terazosin (Hytrin) as first-line therapy, Dr. Muta M. Issa advised at a meeting on clinical nephrology sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation.
Reserve the far costlier alternatives, doxazosin (Cardura) and tamsulosin (Flomax), for men who…