An alpha-blocker, Flomax, is prescribed to a client with benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH). The client asks if this drug will improve his frequent runs to the bathroom. How should the nurse respond?
a. It should improve your symptoms, as it relaxes the smooth muscle in the bladder neck and prostate, causing them to relax.
b. It will lower your PSA levels.
c. Its antiandrogen effect may temporarily increase the prostate size.
d. Surgery is the only viable option to treat this condition.
a. It should improve your symptoms, as it relaxes the smooth muscle in the bladder neck and prostate, causing them to relax.
FEEDBACK:
a. Alpha-blockers relax the smooth muscle in the bladder neck and prostate.
b. A urinary analgesic will lower your PSA levels. .
c. The antiandrogen effect of a urinary analgesic will reduce the prostate size, but is more suppressive rather than curative. .
d. Surgery is a last resort when all other options are unsuccessful. .
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