Alpha-blockers: Types, Uses and Side Effects - Cleveland Clinic
WEBJan 18, 2022 — Alpha-blockers are drugs that slow down or block certain types of cell activity. They’re used for high blood pressure, prostate problems and certain types of tumors.
Alpha-1 blocker - Wikipedia
WEBAlpha-1 blockers (also called alpha-adrenergic blocking agents or alpha-1 antagonists) constitute a variety of drugs that block the effect of catecholamines on alpha-1-adrenergic receptors. They are mainly used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), hypertension and post-traumatic stress disorder. [1]
Alpha blockers - Mayo Clinic
WEBAug 22, 2023 — Alpha blockers are a type of blood pressure medicine. Alpha blockers lower blood pressure by keeping a hormone called norepinephrine from tightening the muscles in the walls of smaller arteries and veins. As a result, the blood vessels remain open and relaxed.
List of Alpha blockers (alpha adrenergic antagonists) - Drugs.com
WEBMay 6, 2024 — Alpha blockers bind to and block alpha-1 receptors. They are mostly used to treat high blood pressure or symptomatic benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) because alpha-1 receptors are located in the smooth muscle lining blood vessels, in the prostate, and in the neck of the bladder.
Alpha-Blockers - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
WEBJul 3, 2023 — Selective alpha-1 blockers are oral medications best taken at night to minimize orthostatic hypotension. Yohimbine, a selective alpha-2 blocker, is administered orally and is discontinued as a prescription drug in the USA.
Alpha Blockers for Hypertension - Verywell Health
WEBMay 3, 2024 — Alpha blockers work by keeping the hormone norepinephrine (noradrenaline) from tightening the muscles in the walls of smaller arteries and veins. This allows vessels to remain open and relaxed to improve blood flow and lower blood pressure. Alpha blockers are also used to treat other illnesses, including:
Alpha 1 ‐Adrenergic Blockers: Current Usage Considerations
WEBMay 25, 2007 — Alpha 1 ‐adrenergic‐blocking drugs are effective in reducing blood pressure and do so in a fashion comparable to most other antihypertensive drug classes. These compounds are most effective in patients in the upright position, reducing systolic and diastolic pressures by 8%–10%.
How Do Alpha Blockers Work? - Uses, Side Effects, Drug Names - RxList
WEBSelective alpha-1 blockers. These alpha blockers inhibit norepinephrine from activating the alpha 1 receptors, causing widening of the blood vessels. This increases the free flow of blood and decreases blood pressure.
Alpha-blockers: Uses, Prescription, and Side-effects - Patient
WEBJun 13, 2023 — Alpha-blockers. Alpha-blockers are medicines that are mainly used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) and problems with passing urine in men who have enlargement of the prostate gland. Prostate gland enlargement is also called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
Role of α1‐blockers in the current management of hypertension
WEBOct 4, 2022 — First, α1‐blockers combat adrenergic predominance of the sympathetic nervous system, which plays a pathogenic role in hypertension. Second, α1‐blockers are metabolically beneficial, as they show some blood glucose and lipid lowering effects via improving insulin resistance and glucose tolerance.