Alpha blocker
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- Combination of a cholinergic drug and an alpha-blocker is more effective than monotherapy for the treatment of voiding difficulty in patients with underactive detrusor.
- Alpha blocker is less effective than a diuretic]Einecke D.
- This is likely to be because the prostate will have shrunk with the 5-alpha reductase inhibitor after this time, and the alpha-blocker is no longer then needed.
- The preferred alpha blocker is dibenzyline, 10 mg administered once or twice daily.
- Studies have shown that the effectiveness of an alpha-blocker is maintained for at least three years, and there does not appear to be any increase in side effects.
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