Read a new study revealing a higher fracture risk with alpha blockers in female CKD patients treated for voiding dysfunction.

Alpha blockers are substances that antagonize alpha receptors which are located primarily in smooth muscle. This acts to vasodilate in the arterial system and, thus, these agents are used to treat ...

PURPOSE: Alpha blocker therapy has been successfully used to decrease residual urine in children with complex neuropathic and nonneuropathic voiding dysfunction. We evaluated the safety and ...

Alpha- and beta-blockers reduce oxidative stress and inflammation caused by aircraft noise but fail to prevent hypertension, ...

So as they squeeze the urethra they block the flow as well, and that's another whole category of medications called alpha blockers that relax those muscles. Sheldon Marks, MD (cont.) The advantage ...

There are two main classes of medication. The most commonly used class are the alpha-1 blockers, including Flomax, Hytrin, ...

Carvedilol and labetalol are non-selective beta-blockers that also block alpha-1 receptors. Propranolol and metoprolol are lipid soluble beta-blockers and can be used to treat anxiety, migraine ...

This is in sharp contrast to alpha blockers like alfuzosin, which work well the day you take them. Many urologists will prescribe both classes of medicine to men who have a high risk of not ...

Table 1 shows patient data including the type of α 1-blocker taken and other baseline characteristics including age, prostate volume, serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels, and data of ...