What is hydralazine hydrochloride used for?
Hydralazine is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). It is also used to control high blood pressure in a mother during pregnancy (pre-eclampsia or eclampsia) or in emergency situations when blood pressure is extremely high (hypertensive crisis).
What is Alpha press?
ALPHAPRESS is used to lower high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. It is normally used together with other medicines for high blood pressure. This medicine works by widening the blood vessels so that blood passes through them more easily.
What is hydralazine used for and what are the side effects?
Hydralazine is an oral and injectable drug that’s used to treat high blood pressure. It’s used alone or in combination with other blood pressure-lowering drugs. Common side effects include headache, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fast heart rate, and chest pain. Don’t stop taking hydralazine suddenly.
Is hydralazine the same as hydralazine hydrochloride?
Hydralazine hydrochloride is the hydrochloride salt of hydralazine; a direct-acting vasodilator that is used as an antihypertensive agent. It has a role as a vasodilator agent and an antihypertensive agent. It contains a hydralazine.
Is hydralazine used to treat anxiety?
HydrALAZINE, also known by the brand name Apresoline, is used to treat high blood pressure. HydrOXYzine, also known by the brand names such as Vistaril and Atarax, is used to treat symptoms of an allergic reaction, such as itching or a rash, but it is also used to treat nausea and anxiety.
How does hydralazine affect heart rate?
Hydralazine lowers blood pressure (BP) but also stimulates the heart which may increase the heart rate and lead to angina symptoms. It is not a preferred agent for BP-lowering but may be used in addition to other recommended treatments in people whose BP is hard to control.
What is the generic name for hydralazine?
Hydralazine (Apresoline) is an antihypertensive medication used to treat high blood pressure. It is a peripheral arterial vasodilator and causes relaxation of blood vessels which carry blood away from the heart and towards the organs and tissues.
Is hydralazine the same as Alphapress?
The active ingredient in Alphapress is hydralazine hydrochloride. Hydralazine exerts its peripheral vasodilating effect through a direct relaxation of smooth muscle tissue in vascular resistance vessels, predominantly in the arterioles. Each Alphapress 25 tablet contains 25 mg of hydralazine hydrochloride.
Can I take amlodipine and hydralazine together?
Interactions between your drugs No interactions were found between amlodipine and hydralazine.
