HRT Wonder Drug: Prazosin

[Faster]

This is a great mild drug all around, but has many benifits for people that are aging and are on HRT and GH. Origionally developed as a non statin blood pressure medication the drug became used widely for more then just BP.

Main Benfits
1. Lowers Blood Pressure
2. Alpa Blocker
3. Alpha-adrenergic Blocker
4. Combats congestive heart failure
5. Inhibits Prostate Hyperplasia(possible side effect of testosterone and growth hormone )
6. Usefull in treating urinary hesitancy associated with prostatic hyperplasia
7. Shown to help reduce nightamres for people that suffer from Chronic Nightmares of PTSD.
8. Prazosin blocks some of the effects of adrenaline released in your body. This may help reduce the nightmares and sleep problems you have with PTSD.
9. Causes drowsiness which helps your sleep and calms your nerves.
10. Just a wonderful Drug often forgotten about.

Since this drug does many things and treats many symptoms related to heart and prostate enlargement and urinarmy inconsistence, sleep, blood pressure and many other things which are all important in using anabolics and HRT for life. I find it to be the single best drug out there for all of these problems and can be taken at a low dose from 8-12mg.


As with any drugs there are possible side effects, however I have not experienced any of these.
Side effects include:

Low blood pressure (hypotension).
A slow heart rate (bradycardia).
A cough or wheezing, which means the airways that carry air to the lungs are narrowing (bronchospasm).
Thinking and acting more slowly.
Stuffy nose, headache, and swelling in the legs. These are rare side effects.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)

Citations

Van Liempt S, et al. (2006). Pharmacotherapeutic treatment of nightmares and insomnia in posttraumatic stress disorder: An overview of the literature. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1071: 502-507.

References [edit]

^ Day, H. E.; Campeau, S.; Watson Jr, S. J.; Akil, H. (1997). "Distribution of alpha 1a-, alpha 1b- and alpha 1d-adrenergic receptor mRNA in the rat brain and spinal cord". Journal of chemical neuroanatomy 13 (2): 115–139. doi:10.1016/S0891-0618(97)00042-2. PMID 9285356. edit
^ Yu CX, Zhu CB, Xu SF, Cao XD, Wu GC (March 2000). "Selective MT(2) melatonin receptor antagonist blocks melatonin-induced antinociception in rats". Neuroscience Letters 282 (3): 161–4. PMID 10717416.
^ a b Shen, Howard (2008). Illustrated Pharmacology Memory Cards: PharMnemonics. Minireview. p. 13. ISBN 1-59541-101-1.
^ a b "Drug Helps PTSD Nightmares" (Press release). Department of Veteran Affairs. March 30, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
^ Bhalla AK, Hoffbrand BI, Phatak PS, Reuben SR (October 1979). "Prazosin and priapism". Br Med J 2 (6197): 1039. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.6197.1039. PMC 1596841. PMID 519276.
^ E. Honkanen, A. Pippuri, P. Kairisalo, M. Koivisto, S. Tuorni, J. Heterocycl. Chem., 17, 797(1980)

[Faster]

If you have any questions please feel free to ask as I have been taking this for a while now and I love it.

[rt12008]

Prescribed by a dr?

[Faster]

Prescribed by a dr?

Yes very easy to get prescribed and its covered by insurance.

[Nofinshline]

Isn't similar to Doxazosin?

[bringndaheat]

I'd like to hear what GD and Austin think about this drug. There supplament protocol is beyond extensive. Sounds like a very interesting drug. Anyone else on here try this?!

[Faster]

Isn't similar to Doxazosin?

Yes it is a very similar drug.

[kelkel]

With some similar qualities of cialis as well. At a glance it seems like a combo of cialis and doxy actually.

[austinite]

This is certainly one of interest. Great characterization by kelkel. I've never used it but I'll get a prescription and report back. I don't see anything but "good" coming from this drug.

[kelkel]

May have to do some research on this myself. I see my doc next week....

[Bonaparte]

It works through the same pathway as Clonidine, so I assume that the main side effect would be drowsiness (as it triggers the parasympathetic nervous system).