ALPHA-BLOCKERS

Course overview

ALPHA-BLOCKERS ARE MEDICATIONS USED IN THE MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION, BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA (BPH), AND PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE INDICATIONS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, ACTIVITY, ADVERSE EVENTS, AND OTHER KEY ELEMENTS OF ALPHA-BLOCKER THERAPY IN THE CLINICAL SETTING AS RELATES TO THE ESSENTIAL POINTS NEEDED BY MEMBERS OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM MANAGING THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH CONDITIONS AS MENTIONED ABOVE.