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Doxazosin vigor done blocking the alpha-receptors forward the work of vessels. It has two pleasures enclosed by our habit (male).

When doxazosin blocks these receptors it causes the muscle in the blood vessel to relax and widen. Thus, the blood passes more easily through the blood vessels and hence reduces the blood pressure.

Alpha-receptors are also present on the muscle in the prostate gland. This gland lies at the top of the tube connecting the bladder to the outside (urethra). During aging, the prostate gland often enlarges, pressing on the urethra and obstructing the flow of urine from the bladder, i.e. benign prostatic hyperplasia. This can cause various urinary symptoms such as difficulty passing urine. By blocking the alpha-receptors, doxazosin allows the muscle in the prostate gland to relax and urine to flow freely past the prostate.

However, because of its blood-pressure lowering effect, it can occasionally cause your blood pressure to drop unexpectedly when you move from a lying down or sitting position to sitting or standing, especially when the patient first start taking the medicine. This may make patient feel dizzy or unsteady and may rarely cause fainting. To avoid this, patients need to get up slowly.

Because it may cause fatigue and dizziness, patients should be careful when they are performing potentially hazardous activities, such as driving or operating machinery. Patients also need to avoid alcohol, as alcohol may enhance the blood pressure lowering effect of this medicine, subsequently, leading to dizziness in some patients.

Other side effects reported include fainting, feeling weak or fatigued, oedema, headache, runny nose, diarrhea, constipation, nausea, vomiting, palpitations, fast heart rate, dry mouth, blurred vision, insomnia, agitation or tremor, increased need to pass urine, impotence, persistent painful erection of the penis (priapism), skin reactions such as rash and itch, disturbance in the levels of blood cells in the blood and liver disorders.