Minipress
Minipress is a heart blood pressure medication containing Prazosin, available as 1/2mg tablets.
- Category
- Heart Blood Pressure
- Active ingredient
- Prazosin
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Tablet
- Strengths
- 1/2mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Minipress vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Hypertension
- Therapeutic Class
- Alpha Adrenoceptor Antagonist
- Pharmacological Class
- Alpha-1 Blocker
- Known Off-label Uses
- benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Minor Side Effects
- dizziness, headache, drowsiness, nausea
- Moderate Side Effects
- palpitations, orthostatic hypotension
- Dosage Forms
- Tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Available without prescription
- Originator
- Pfizer
- Onset Time
- 1–2 hours
- Duration
- 6–10 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store at room temperature away from light.
- Drug Interactions
- Other antihypertensives, Alcohol
- Age Restrictions
- Use with caution.
What you will receive
Minipress is the originator brand name, made by Pfizer. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with Pfizer and do not ship the original Minipress.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Prazosin) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.