Drug Summary

  Drug name:  phenoxybenzamine
  Chemical name:  Phenoxybenzamine hydrochloride
  Formula:  C₁₈H₂₂ClNO
  Weight:   303.826
  CAS no:  59-96-1
  DrugBank link:  DB00925
  Description:  An alpha-adrenergic antagonist with long duration of action. It has been used to treat hypertension and as a peripheral vasodilator. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For the treatment of phaeochromocytoma (malignant), benign prostatic hypertrophy and malignant essential hypertension.