Cardura


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Noun1.Cardura - an antihypertensive drug (trade name Cardura) that works by relaxing blood vessels so that blood passes through them more easily; it is also used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia
antihypertensive, antihypertensive drug - a drug that reduces high blood pressure
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of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, and colleagues compared rates of adverse events among the 37,291 male and female ALLHAT participants with metabolic or cardiometabolic syndrome who were at least aged 55 years and who were randomly assigned to take the calcium-channel blocker amlodipine (Norvasc) (7,945 patients), the [alpha]-blocker doxazosin (Cardura) (7,928 patients), the ACE inhibitor lisinopril (Prinivil, Zestril) (7,948 patients), or the thiazide-type diuretic chlorthalidone (13,470 patients).
Pfizer's principal cardiovascular products include Lipitor, the biggest drug in any therapeutic category (with sales of $12.9 billion in 2006); Norvasac; and Cardura, another antihypertensive.
For epoxy resins, the Commission identified problems with the two firms' strong market positions for mono-functional aliphatic glycidyl esters, a specific type of diluents known as Cardura a specific type of diluents.
One relaxes the contracted bladder and prostrate muscles--Hytrin, Cardura and Flomax are examples.
The most-prescribed alpha-blockers are Cardura, Hytrin, and Flomax.
Also described is the company's diverse line of Epon resins, Epi-Rez waterborne resins, Epi-Cure curing agents, Heloxy modifiers, Eponol and Eponex resins and Cardura glycidyl esters.
Drugs that work through adrenergic receptors, such as Hytrin and Cardura, for benign prostatic hyperplasia and hypertension, and Flomax for benign prostatic hyperplasia, have been marketed successfully for a number of years.
Alpha blockers include doxazosin (Cardura), prazosin (Minipress), and terazosin (Ilytrin).
Other drugs used to treat Raynaud's include losartan potassium (Cozaar), doxazosin (Cardura), prazosin (Minipress) and pentoxifylline (Trental), a blood thinner.
We offer waterborne, high solids and solventless epoxy systems and Versatic acid derivatives, brands such as EPI-REZ, Heloxy, Epon, and Epikote resins and Epikure curing agents, VeoVa ester monomers for high solids and water-based systems where performance is key and Cardura esters that provide an easier, more controlled manufacturing route to high solid content, low viscosity acrylic polyols.
Doxazosin (Cardura), a selective [[alpha].sub.1]-antagonist, is approved for the treatment of hypertension and benign prostate enlargement.