Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)

Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) - Medications

alfuzosin (UroXatral ®)

Dosing (Adults): BPH: 10 mg orally once daily.
[ Supplied: 10mg extended release tablet.]

doxazosin (Cardura ®)

Dosing (Adults): BPH: initial, 1 mg orally once daily. May increase dose at 1-2 week intervals. Maintenance: 1-8 mg orally once daily. CHF: 1-16 mg orally once daily. Hypertension: initial, 1 mg orally once daily. Maintenance, 1-16 mg po once daily. [Supplied 1 mg, 2 mg, 4 mg, 8 mg tablets]

dutasteride (Avodart ®)

Mechanism: competitive, selective inhibitor of both reproductive tissues (type 2) and skin and hepatic (type 1) 5alpha-reductase. This results in inhibition of the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone and markedly suppresses serum dihydrotestosterone levels.

Adult (usual) - (BPH): 0.5 mg orally once daily.
[Supplied: 0.5 mg capsule]

finasteride (Proscar ®):

Dosing (Adults): 5 mg orally once daily.

tamsulosin (Flomax ®):

Dosing (Adults): BPH: 0.4 mg orally once daily, given 30 minutes after a meal. May increase dose after 2 to 4 weeks to a maximum of 0.8 mg/day.
[Supplied: 0.4 mg capsule]

terazosin (Hytrin ®):

Adult (usual) - (BPH): initial, 1 mg orally qhs. Maintenance, 1-10 mg orally once daily (Maximum: 20 mg/day). Hypertension (HTN): initial, 1 mg po qhs. Maintenance (HTN): 1-5 mg po qd - bid. Maximum: 20-40 mg/day

[Supplied1, 2, 5, 10 mg capsule]

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