ischemic stroke Investigators found an increased risk of ischemic stroke among all patients within 21 days following initiation of alpha-blocker therapy. Men who have recently begun alpha-blocker ...

Alpha-blocker therapy does not decrease the risk for prostate cancer death, but it is associated with an elevated risk for low-grade prostate cancer. Preclinical studies have suggested that ...

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 ...

Objective: The objective of this study was todirectly assess the likelihood and timing of alphablocker discontinuation in patients receivingcombination therapy with dutasteride orfinasteride plus an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients taking alpha blockers had no significant increased risk for fractures after 2 years. Alpha blocker use ...

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 ...

Are All Alpha-blockers the Same? The ALLHAT investigators suggest that their results may apply to all alpha-blockers "in the absence of evidence to the contrary." They conclude that alpha-blockers ...

The FDA has notified healthcare professionals that the Boxed Warning for the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) blocker class of drugs has been updated to include the risk of infection from ...

Q: I am a 76-year-old man, very active and in fairly good health. I need cataract surgery, but I have learned that serious complications can occur with patients who are on Flomax, as I recently was.

I am a 76-year-old man, very active and in fairly good health. I need cataract surgery, but I have learned that serious complications can occur with patients who are on Flomax, as I recently was. Can ...