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Important Precautions
- Tell your health-care practitioner if you are sensitive or allergic to doxazosin, prazosin, terazosin, or any other drugs.
- Use this drug with extreme caution if you have liver disease.
- Consult with your health-care practitioner before taking doxazosin if you have experienced orthostatic hypotension (lightheadedness and dizziness when rising from a lying or seated position) when taking other antihypertensive drugs, if you have a history of depression or of low white blood cell count, or if you have impaired circulation, coronary artery disease, stroke and high blood pressure, or kidney problems. Also talk to your health-care practitioner first if you have angina and you are not treating it with a beta-blocker (e.g., acebutolol, nadolol).
- Your first dose of this drug is likely to cause dizziness and lightheadedness. Take the drug at bedtime and be careful if you get up during the night and when you get up in the morning.
Pregnant Women
No adequate studies of the effects of doxazosin on pregnant or nursing women have been done. Very high doses of the drug given to lab animals have damaged the fetus. If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant, you and your health-care practitioner must weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks to the fetus.
Doxazosin may pass into breast milk. If you are breastfeeding, your health-care practitioner may advise you to stop until your treatment is done.
Seniors
Older adults are more likely to experience dizziness, lightheadedness, and fainting than younger patients.
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