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Manufacturer: Pfizer, Inc.
Uses: A class of blood-pressure medicines known as alpha-blockers.

Cardura

Alpha-blockers are used in the treatment of high blood pressure (hypertension). These agents work by dilating your blood vessels to reduce blood pressure. Cardura causes the blood vessels (veins and arteries) to relax and expand, which allows blood to pass more easily through them. It is also is used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia in men. It works by relaxing the muscles of the bladder and prostate.

ALLHAT study suggests that the medication may increase the risk of heart failure in some individuals with hypertension. However, the reasons for this are still being debated in the medical community. It is important that drug treatments be developed for each patient individually, and that blanket statements (like the ALLHAT advisory) not be applied to every patient. - Joseph Miller, MD, a preventive cardiologist at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.

A National Institutes of Health study found that Cardura users had experienced congestive heart failure more frequently than those who used a cheaper diuretic.

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