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Drug of the day today is

prasusin brand name of this medication is mini press now I would say I don't see

this medication used terribly often however I do see it from time to time for sure

and this drug is an alpha blocker.

It's got that ending Z-O-S-I-N-Zosin.

And it is a non-selective alpha blocker.

So the two primary areas where this is going to touch is blood vessels.

So that's a really, really important thing to think about.

And the urinary tract is another thing to think about there.

In addition to that, Prazacin has some activity in getting to the central nervous system.

The mechanism isn't quite totally understood, but we've got a few indications to think about.

So first indication, hypertension.

We're basically using an alpha blocker that's going to open up the vessels.

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