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Selective alpha 1 blockers are more associated with cardiac symptoms
than non-selective alpha blockers

But

Non-selective alpha blockers are more associated with reflex tachycardia
than alpha 1 blockers

Clinical Uses of Alpha Blockers

PMDC

P 4

 Pressure  Blood Pressure Hypertension

 Pheochromocytoma

 Penile erection phentolamine and yohimbine mediated

 Peripheral vascular disease

M  Migraine

D  Disorders related to sleep & psychotic disorders

C  Congestive cardiac failure

Drugs Mnemonics

1 Phentolamine (alpha non selective and reversible blocker)

P Pheochromocytoma

And antidote in alpha agonist overdose

2 Phenoxybenzamine (alpha non selective and irreversible blocker)

PCR

Contents P Pheochromocytoma

Pharmacology Mnemonics and Short Notes By Muhammad Ramzan Ul Rehman