Hydralazine

Hydralazine is a medication known commercially as Apresoline or Nepresol.

It is an oral and injectable medicine, which acts as a vasodilator, being very effective in the treatment of individuals with high blood pressure.

Hydralazine Indications

Arterial hypertension; heart failure, pre-eclampsia; eclampsia.

Hydralazine Side Effects

Increased heart rate; Headache; palpitation.

Hydralazine contraindications

Pregnancy risk C; mitral valve disease; hypersensitivity to hydralizine.

How to use Hydralazine

Oral use

Adult

• Hypertension: Administer 40 mg daily, divided into 2 to 4 doses, for 4 days. Heart failure: Administer 40 to 150 mg per day, divided into 2 to 4 doses.

Adults can take a maximum of 300 mg of hydralazine daily.

Kid

• Hypertension: Administer 0.75 mg per kg of body weight per day, divided into 2 to 4 doses.

Children can take a maximum of 200 mg of hydralazine daily.

Injectable Use

Adult

• Inject from 5 to 40 mg, into the muscle or vein.

Kid

• Inject 1.7 to 3.5 mg per kg of body weight per day, divided into 4 to 6 doses, into the muscle or vein.