Test 1 Alpha-1 antagonist

Question 1

drugs

Answer 1

• Minipress
• Cardura
• Hytrin
• Flomax

Question 2

Minipress

Answer 2

• prazosin
• used for HTN
• take at bedtime to avoid 1st dose syncope
• 2 - 5 mg tid

Question 3

Cardura, Cardura XL

Answer 3

• doxazosin
• dilation of arterioles and veins
• relaxes smooth muscle in bladder neck and prostate
• used to treat BPH
• administer at bedtime
• XL has slow onset and can be administered in morning
• 1 - 16 mg daily
• XL: 4 mg daily

Question 4

Hytrin

Answer 4

• terazosin
• used to treat HTN, BPH
• administer at bedtime
• 1 - 5 mg daily

Question 5

Flomax

Answer 5

• tamsulosin
• alpha-1a blocker
• used to treat BPH
• does not treat HTN but can have same side effects
• administer 30 minutes following same meal each day so you don’t get stacking of drug
• stacking of drug increase side effects
• 0.4 - 0.8 mg daily