taking an alpha-blocker can cause serious complications years later during cataract surgery
May 2012
Who would have guessed that taking an alpha-blocker can cause serious complications years later during cataract surgery?
Alpha-blockers can lead to floppy iris syndrome during cataract surgery and therefore make the procedure considerably trickier.
This was first recognized with tamsulosin (Flomax, etc) and other alpha-blockers used for benign prostatic hypertrophy or hypertension.
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