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  • Title: Effect of prazosin on blood lipids and on thyroid function in hypertensive patients.
    Author: Velasco M, Silva H, Morillo J, Pellicer R, Urbina-Quintana A, Hernández-Pieretti O.
    Journal: J Cardiovasc Pharmacol; 1982; 4 Suppl 2():S225-7. PubMed ID: 6177961.
    Abstract:
    Nineteen patients with essential hypertension (EH) were studied as outpatients. After administration of chlorthalidone, 50 mg/day for 4 weeks, prazosin 1-4 mg/day (1.82 +/- 0.33 mg/day) was added for a period of 12 weeks. Prazosin lowered supine blood pressure from 149.7 +/- 2.85/102.0 +/- 2.75 mm Hg to 128.2 +/- 3.0/86.1 +/- 1.04 mm Hg (p less than 0.001). Prazosin did not alter heart rate significantly. Prazosin increased the thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) from 3.63 +/- 0.33 microunits/ml to 4.83 +/- 0.45 microunits/ml (p less than 0.025), thyroxine (T4) from 10.03 +/- 0.29 micrograms/ml to 10.85 +/- 0.42 micrograms/ml (p less than 0.005), and decreased triiodothyronine (T3) from 36.65 +/- 0.62% to 35.42 +/- 0.56%, which was not significant. The free thyroxine index (FTI) increased slightly from 3.67 +/- 0.12 to 3.83 +/- 0.14 (p less than 0.025). However, all values remained within the normal range for the laboratory. Serum cholesterol increased insignificantly. Triglycerides decreased significantly from 223.4 +/- 50.6 mg/dl to 161.7 +/- 29.0 mg/dl (p less than 0.05). High density lipoproteins (HDL) increased significantly from 30.1 +/- 2.1% to 36.0 +/- 3.06 (p less than 0.025). Low density lipoproteins (LDL) decreased insignificantly and very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) decreased from 20.9 +/- 3.44 to 16.3 +/- 2.85 (p less than 0.005). The cholesterol ratio increased from 45.51 +/- 4.3 to 64.71 +/- 10.7 (+42.1%). These results indicate that, in patients with essential hypertension, prazosin is an effective antihypertensive agent and that it significantly increases HDL, decreases VLDL, and improves the cholesterol ratio.
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