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Health Encyclopedia: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Medications
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia - Medications
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Symptoms of Enlarged Prostate
- Causes of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
- Causes of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
- Risk Factors
Medications
The two primary drug classes used for BPH are:
- Alpha-blockers. These drugs relax smooth muscles, especially in the urinary tract and prostate. They include terazosin (Hytrin), doxazosin (Cardura), tamsulosin (Flomax), and alfuzosin (Uroxatral). Alpha-blockers help relieve BPH symptoms but they do not reduce the size of the prostate. The can help improve urine flow and reduce risk of bladder obstruction. They are often the first choice, especially for men with smaller prostates.
- 5-alpha-...
Expert & Community Posts
Finasteride, Prostate Growth... and Cancer Risk
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Prostate-Shrinking Medications
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I am a healthy 49 year-old male. For the past 4 years, I have had
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Health Guide
Enlarged Prostate Treatment
...condition treated. There are two standard choices: alpha-blockers and anti-androgens, nearly always finasteride (Proscar). Specific conditions determine the choice, although most men take an... Read more »Enlarged Prostate: References
...McConnell JD, Roehrborn CG, Meehan AG, Lee MW, Noble WR, et al. Combination therapy with doxazosin and finasteride for benign prostatic hyperplasia in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms... Read more »Is It Getting Breezy Upstairs?
...day. The most common side effect is a mild itching or irritation on the scalp. Propecia Propecia (finasteride) was FDA approved in 1997. It works for men suffering from mild to moderate hair... Read more »Prostate Cancer Risk Factors
...vigorously for at least 3 hours weekly had a 70% lower risk of being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer.Finasteride (Proscar)Finasteride (Proscar) is a drug used to shrink the prostate in men... Read more »Tests for Enalrged Prosate
...to a more specific and possibly preventive approach.Certain treatments for BPH, including the drug finasteride (Proscar) and the surgical procedure transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP),... Read more »Medications
Finasteride is used to shrink an enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH) in... Read more »
Finasteride is used to shrink an enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH) in adult... Read more »
Finasteride is used to shrink an enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH) in adult... Read more »
Finasteride is used to shrink an enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH) in adult... Read more »
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