alpha blocker
alpha-blocker
alpha-adrenergic blocker
alpha-adrenergic blocking agent

For this reason, it is generally recommended that alpha blockers should be taken at bedtime.

Long term therapy may include alpha blockers or calcium channel blockers.

The two main medications for management of BPH are alpha blockers and 5α-reductase inhibitors.

Antimuscarinics such as tolterodine may also be used, especially in combination with alpha blockers.

Benign prostatic hyperplasia may be improved with the use of an alpha blocker.

Compared with other therapies like alpha blockers it has a relatively short recovery period (10 vs 16-42 hours).

It followed 3,000 men randomly assigned to take a placebo, an alpha blocker, finasteride or a combination of the two drugs.

In women, alpha blockers can relax the bladder too.

Two alpha blockers, doxazosin and terazosin, are available as generics.