1.0Public Citizenhttps://www.citizen.orgDiane Krauthamerhttps://www.citizen.org/author/dkrauthamer/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="TgiVsMgEmo"><a href="https://www.citizen.org/article/testimony-on-petition-to-relabel-doxazosin-cardura/">Testimony on Petition to Relabel Doxazosin (Cardura)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.citizen.org/article/testimony-on-petition-to-relabel-doxazosin-cardura/embed/#?secret=TgiVsMgEmo" width="600" height="338" title="“Testimony on Petition to Relabel Doxazosin (Cardura)” — Public Citizen" data-secret="TgiVsMgEmo" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> As physicians being asked by patients to recommend drugs for the treatment of hypertension, it would be highly unlikely for you or for me, knowing what we now know, to recommend an alpha blocker such as Cardura as a first choice drug. More likely, we would relegate it to a fourth or lower choice drug, only after adequate trials of diuretics, beta blockers, or ACE inhibitors, alone and in combination, had been tried without success.https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/public_citizen_shared_link.jpg1200628