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Which Among Omnic And Xatral Will Help To Reduce Blood Pressure?

Dear Doctor I would like to ask which medicine from listed below is able to decrease the blood presser more : 1- Omnic 0.4 - Tamsulosin HCL 0.4 mg : each modified release capsule contains : Tamsulosin HCL / 0.4 mg equivalent to 0.367 mg tamsulosin or 2- Xatral XL 10 mg - Alfuzosin HCL - 30 prolonged - release tablets I need to know which one can decrease the blood presser more than the another ... All Kind Regards
Wed, 3 Jun 2015
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Respected sir both the tablets you have mentioned are alpha1 blockers, which may decrease BP by causing decrease in peripheral resistance. There are no head to head studies of the drugs with there effect on blood pressure, however if you consider the pharmacology of the compounds, tamsulosin is more selective for receptors in prostate and so will cause less decrease in BP, if that is the answer you are looking for. Lastly if you take any of medication and your systolic BP falls more than 20mm hg post meds, do inform your doctor
Regards Dr priyank mody
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Which Among Omnic And Xatral Will Help To Reduce Blood Pressure?

Respected sir both the tablets you have mentioned are alpha1 blockers, which may decrease BP by causing decrease in peripheral resistance. There are no head to head studies of the drugs with there effect on blood pressure, however if you consider the pharmacology of the compounds, tamsulosin is more selective for receptors in prostate and so will cause less decrease in BP, if that is the answer you are looking for. Lastly if you take any of medication and your systolic BP falls more than 20mm hg post meds, do inform your doctor Regards Dr priyank mody