Is indoramine an alpha blocker?
Indoramin belongs to a group of medicines known as alpha-blockers. It works by blocking the action of certain nerve impulses.
What is Indoramin used for?
Indoramin is used to treat a condition where your prostate becomes bigger, called ‘benign prostatic hyperplasia’ or BPH. The prostate is a gland found underneath the bladder in men.
What type of drug is Phenoxybenzamine?
Phenoxybenzamine belongs to the general class of medicines called antihypertensives. It is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) due to a disease called pheochromocytoma.
What is the other name for finasteride?
Finasteride oral tablet is available in brand-name and generic versions. Brand names include: Proscar and Propecia. Finasteride only comes as a tablet you take by mouth. Finasteride is used to treat enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia) and male pattern hair loss.
Can you overdose on phenoxybenzamine?
Overdose of phenoxybenzamine may result in a block of the sympathetic nervous system and circulating adrenaline hormones (epinephrine), resulting in postural hypotension presenting with tachycardia (especially postural), dizziness or fainting, lethargy, vomiting, and shock.
Is phenoxybenzamine still used?
This medication is used to treat high blood pressure and heavy sweating due to a certain tumor of the adrenal glands (pheochromocytoma). Phenoxybenzamine belongs to a class of drugs known as alpha blockers. It works by relaxing and widening blood vessels so that blood can flow more easily.
Is finasteride over the counter?
Is Propecia (finasteride) available over-the-counter? No, Propecia (finasteride) is only available with a prescription in the U.S.
Does finasteride affect sperm?
Chronic treatment with finasteride daily does not affect spermatogenesis or semen production in young men.
Is phenoxybenzamine reversible?
Phenoxybenzamine is a nonselective, irreversible antagonist of the alpha-adrenergic receptors.
What is medicinal function of phenoxybenzamine?
What can I take instead of finasteride?
Not wanting to take finasteride after a hair transplant for a variety of reasons, does leave you with the option of taking a herbal version, called ‘saw palmetto’. This works in a very similar way; by blocking 5-alpha-reductase, an enzyme that converts testosterone to DHT.