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Hytrin

Generic Name:terazosin

Revised:4/1/2000

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Hytrin is a blood pressure medicine that relaxes the muscles lining the blood vessels. This reduces their resistance to blood flow.

This same action, of smooth muscle relaxation, is often helpful in managing the urinary difficulties that may result from an enlarged prostate gland (benign prostatic hypertrophy).

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