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Side Effects of Hydralazine |
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Hydralazine Review Questions and Answers
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| Trade Name: What are the side effects of Apresoline? |
| Generic Names: What are the side effects of Hydralazine? |
| What are the side effects for Hydralazine? |
| The side effects of Hydralazine include flushing, headache, nausea, reflex tachycardia. Approximate 10 percent of people can develop a lupus like syndrome. |
| What is the mechanism of Hydralazine? |
| Hydralazine, results in arterial vasodilation by activating one guanylate cyclase leading to increased cGMP resulting in the phosphorylation of myosin and increased permeability to potassium. |
| How is Hydralazine excreted? |
| Hydralazine is metabolized by the liver |
| Adverse events in people taking with Hydralazine |
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| Pharmacology - Hydralazine |
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| How is hydralazine associated with SLE? |
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| Hydralazine has been associated with a syndrome consistent with lupus in a small percentage of patients. |
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| How does Hydralazine affect the heart rate? |
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Hydralazine is associated with an increase in the heart rate is not given
concomitantly with another drug such as a beta blocker. |
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| What is the effect of Hydralazine? |
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| Hydralazine results in vasodilation of the arteries and arterioles. |