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Hypertension
- Not first-line Antihypertensives, and avoid using as monotherapy (higher risk of CVA and CHF)
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Terazosin and Doxazosin are preferred over Prazosin (once daily dosing at similar cost)
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Hypertension
- Start 1 mg orally twice daily to three times daily
- Titrate to usual daily total dose 20 mg divided two to three times daily
- Maximum total daily dose: 40 mg/day (but doses above 20 mg/day offer little additional benefit)
- Pregnancy Category C
- Unknown safety in Lactation
- (2020) Med Lett Drugs Ther 62(1598): 73-80
- Olson (2020) Clinical Pharmacology, Medmaster Miami, p. 62-3
- Hamilton (2020) Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia
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