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Meet Midodrine, an Alpha Agonist: Case Study

Date January 11, 2015 Author By Eric Christianson Category BPH

Midodrine is an alpha agonist. I had an elderly male patient recently started on this medication due to orthostasis. He was not receiving any other medications that would be likely to lower blood pressure. This particular patient had a history of BPH which he was not currently on medication management for. The primary provider noting […]

Anticholinergics can Worsen BPH

Date June 25, 2014 Author By Eric Christianson Category Anticholinergics, BPH

85 year old male with a recent operation for a knee replacement was discharged on hydrocodone/APAP 5/325 1-2 every four hours as needed as well as Vistaril (hydroxyzine) 25-50 mg every six hours as needed for pain management. Within a couple days of significant prn use for the pain, the patient was understandably dealing with […]