INDICATIONS
Prazosin is within several drugs called alpha-adrenergic (AL-fa ad-ren-ER-jik) blockers. Prazosin relaxes your veins and arteries so that blood can with less effort go through them.
Prazosin is utilized to take care of hypertension (high blood pressure).
Prazosin could also be used for other purposes unlisted within this medication guide.
INSTRUCTIONS
Take just as prescribed by your doctor. Do not take in larger or smaller amounts and more than recommended. Follow the directions on your own prescription label.
Your doctor may occasionally make positive changes to dose to successfully get the best results.
Prazosin lowers hypertension and may cause dizziness or fainting, particularly when you initially begin to take it or as soon as your dose is changed. Call your doctor when you have severe dizziness or seem like you might distribute.
You may feel very dizzy when you first of all get up. Be careful when standing or sitting up coming from a lying position.
Your hypertension will have to be checked often. Visit your doctor regularly.
Keep using this medicine as directed, even if you feel well. High blood pressure often has no symptoms. You may need to use hypertension medication for the rest of your lifetime.
Some things might cause your hypertension to get too low. This includes vomiting, diarrhea, heavy sweating, coronary disease, dialysis, a low-salt diet, or taking diuretics (water pills). Tell your medical professional when you have a prolonged illness that triggers diarrhea or vomiting.
DOSAGE
Takethe medicine as prescribed through your doctor.
Usual Adult Dose for Congestive Heart Failure:
Initial dose: 1 mg orally 2-3 times every day.
Maintenance dose: 6-15 mg daily succumbed divided doses.
Usual Adult Dose for Hypertension:
Initial dose: 1 mg orally 2-3 times each day.
Maintenance dose: 6-15 mg daily given in divided doses.
Usual Adult Dose for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia:
Initial dose: 1 mg orally 2-3 times every day.
Maintenance dose: 6-15 mg daily given in divided doses.
STORAGE
Store at room temperature away from moisture and heat.
MORE INFO:
Active Ingredient: Prazosin
Alpha blocker: A drug that blocks receptors in arteries and smooth muscle. This action relaxes the blood vessels and leads to an increase in the circulation of blood and a lower pressure for that power over hypertension. The action inside urinary tract enhances urinary flow in prostatic hypertrophy (enlarged prostate).
Get emergency medical help if you have all of these signs of a hypersensitive reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of the face, lips, tongue, or throat. Call your doctor immediately for those who have a serious side effect such as:
fast or pounding heartbeats or fluttering within your chest;
feeling like you may faint;
trouble breathing;
swelling with your hands, ankles, or feet; or
penis erection that is painful or lasts 4 hours or longer.
Less serious side effects may include:
mild dizziness;
weakness, tired feeling, drowsiness;
headache; or
nausea.
This is not a complete report on unwanted side effects among others may occur. Call your medical professional for medical health advice about unwanted side effects.
You should not use this medication should you be allergic to prazosin or similar medicines like alfuzosin (Uroxatral), doxazosin (Cardura), silodosin (Rapaflo), tamsulosin (Flomax), or terazosin (Hytrin). Prazosin could potentially cause dizziness or fainting, especially when you firstly start taking it or whenever your dose is changed. Be careful in the event you drive or a single thing that needs you to definitely be alert. Avoid standing for long periods of time or becoming overheated during exercise plus summer. Avoid arising too fast from a sitting or lying position, or perhaps you may suffer dizzy.
Prazosin can affect your pupils during cataract surgery. Tell your eye surgeon in advance you are using this medication. Do not stop using prazosin before surgery unless your surgeon tells you to.
Tell a medical expert about all the medications you utilize, especially other hypertension medications including diuretics (water pills).
Prazosin may impair your notions or reactions. Be careful should you drive or do anything that will need one to be alert.
FDA pregnancy category C. It is not known whether prazosin will harm an unborn baby. Tell your physician if you are pregnant or prefer to become pregnant while using this medication. Prazosin can pass into breast milk and may harm a nursing baby. Do not use this medication without telling your medical professional in case you are breast-feeding a baby.
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