Study findings suggest clinicians may safely prescribe alpha blockers to help manage hypertension in patients receiving hemodialysis. Alpha blockers do not increase the risk for falls, fractures, or ...

Alpha-blockers and Alpha-2 agonists are not recommended as first-choice treatment for high blood pressure. Beta-blockers can worsen asthma symptoms and other lung conditions. Vasodilators and loop ...

Men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) who took alpha-blockers to manage the condition were roughly 50% more likely to develop acute angle-closure glaucoma than were those who did not use the ...

Old man taking a pill New study is the largest to date assessing cardiovascular risks in patients taking alpha blockers. Men who take alpha blockers (ABs) rather than 5-alpha reductase inhibitors ...

A systematic review evaluated the efficacy of calcium channel blockers or alpha blockers for the treatment of urinary stones in nine randomized trials with 693 patients (Lancet. 2006;368:1171-1179).

Changes Clinical Practice: All patients with distal stones treated medically should be treated with alpha-blockers in order to benefit from this enhancement of quality of life. These findings will ...