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2. Hydralazine - Wikipedia

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   Hydralazine, sold under the brand name Apresoline among others, is a medication used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. [2] This includes high blood pressure in pregnancy and very high blood pressure resulting in symptoms . [ 3 ]

3. Management of heart failure - Wikipedia

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   The combination of isosorbide dinitrate/hydralazine is the only vasodilator regimen, other than ACE inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor antagonists, with proven survival benefits. This combination appears to be particularly beneficial in CHF patients with an African American background, who respond less effectively to ACEI therapy.

4. Hydralazine/isosorbide dinitrate - Wikipedia

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   It is a combination of hydralazine hydrochloride (an arteriolar vasodilator) and isosorbide dinitrate (a nitrate vasodilator). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved medication to treat congestive heart failure in specifically self-identified Black patients.

5. Antihypertensive - Wikipedia

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   [42] [43] Hydralazine and its derivatives are also used in the treatment of severe hypertension, although they should be avoided in emergencies. [43] They are no longer indicated as first-line therapy for high blood pressure due to side effects and safety concerns, but hydralazine remains a drug of choice in gestational hypertension. [42]

6. Hydrazinophthalazine - Wikipedia

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   While hydralazine is the most well-known compound in this class, other related drugs such as dihydralazine also belong to the hydrazinophthalazine family and exhibit similar antihypertensive properties. These compounds have been in clinical use since the mid-20th century, with hydralazine being discovered in the 1940s and approved by the FDA in ...

7. Hypertensive emergency - Wikipedia

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   Hydralazine and Sodium nitroprusside are systemic vasodilators, thereby reducing afterload, however can be found to have reflex tachycardia, making them likely second or third line choices. Sodium nitroprusside was previously the first-line choice due to its rapid onset, although now it is less commonly used due to side effects, drastic drops ...

8. Peripartum cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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   A stress test or echocardiogram should be complete prior to a subsequent pregnancy. Where relapse occurs, conventional treatment should be resumed, including hydralazine with nitrates plus beta-blockers during pregnancy, or ACE-inhibitors plus beta-blockers following pregnancy. [citation needed]

9. Drug-induced lupus erythematosus - Wikipedia

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   Of the drugs that cause DIL, hydralazine has been found to cause a higher incidence. Hydralazine is a medication used to treat high blood pressure. Approximately 5% of the patients who have taken hydralazine over long periods of time and in high doses have shown DIL-like symptoms. [8] Many of the other drugs have a low to very low risk to ...