- Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH):
- 10mg OD
Tablet:
- 2.5mg
- 5mg
- 10mg
- Give with food
Peripherally-acting alpha blocker
It selectively antagonizes lower urinary tract alpha-1a adrenergic receptors, relaxing smooth muscle and improving urine flow
- Dizziness
- Headache
- URT symptoms
- Fatigue
- Edema
- Impotence
- Priapism
- Hypersensitivity to components
- Hepatic impairment
- Atazanavir
- Chloramphenicol
- Clarithromycin
- Cobicistat
- Darunavir
- Fosamprenavir
- Idelalisib
- Itraconazole
- Ketoconazole
- Levoketoconazole
- Lonafarnib
- Lopinavir/ritonavir
- Mifepristone
- Nefazodone
- Nelfinavir
- Pimozide
- Posaconazole
- Ribociclib
- Ritonavir
- Saquinavir
- Thioridazine
- Tucatinib
- Voriconazole
Drug Status
Availability | Prescription only |
Pregnancy | Not for use in women |
Breastfeeding | Not for use in women |
Schedule | Not controlled |
BRAND NAME | STRENGTH | FORMULATION | PACK SIZE | MANUFACTURER | DISTRIBUTOR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alfutor ER | 10mg | Tablet | 30’s | Torrent Pharma C/O Medox | Medox Pharma |
Flotral | 10mg | Tablet | 30’s | Sun Pharma | Sun Pharma |
Xatral LP | 10mg | Tablet | 30’s | Sanofi-Aventis | Ressourcethica Kenya |
Xatral XL | 5mg | Tablet | 56’s | Sanofi-Aventis | Ressourcethica Kenya |
Xatral | 2.5mg | Tablet | 30’s | Sanofi-Aventis | Ressourcethica Kenya |