DOXAZOSIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does doxazosin mean? 

• DOXAZOSIN (noun)
  The noun DOXAZOSIN has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: DOXAZOSIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOXAZOSIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Cardura; doxazosin

Hypernyms ("doxazosin" is a kind of...):

antihypertensive; antihypertensive drug (a drug that reduces high blood pressure)

 Context examples 

Also called doxazosin and doxazosin mesylate.

(Cardura, NCI Dictionary)

The mesylate salt form of doxazosin, a quinazoline compound with smooth muscle relaxing activity.

(Doxazosin mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)

Doxazosin is an alpha-adrenergic antagonist that selectively inhibits alpha-1 adrenergic receptors.

(Doxazosin, NCI Thesaurus)

Doxazosin is a type of alpha blocker.

(Doxazosin, NCI Dictionary)

Doxazosin mesylate is a type of alpha blocker.

(Doxazosin mesylate, NCI Dictionary)

Furthermore, doxazosin induces apoptosis in prostate cancer cells mediated through inhibition of protein kinase B (PKB)/Akt-signaling death receptor regulatory pathway.

(Doxazosin, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called Cardura and doxazosin mesylate.

(Doxazosin, NCI Dictionary)

Doxazosin mesylate selectively antagonizes alpha-1-adrenergic receptors in smooth muscle of the bladder neck and prostate, thereby relaxing the smooth muscle and decreasing the obstruction and urethral resistance seen with benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH).

(Doxazosin mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called Cardura and doxazosin.

(Doxazosin mesylate, NCI Dictionary)