After teaching a group of nursing students about drugs used to treat genitourinary problems in the older adult, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify which of the following
as an alpha-adrenergic blocker used to treat BPH? Select all that apply.
A) Darifenacin
B) Oxybutynin
C) Alfuzosin
D) Tamsulosin
E) Raloxifene
Ans: C, D
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Alpha-adrenergic drugs used to treat BPH include alfuzosin and tamsulosin. Darifenacin and oxybutynin are antispasmodics. Raloxifene is a miscellaneous agent used to prevent and treat osteoporosis.
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