Hydralazine

Hydralazine

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IUPAC_name = 1-hydrazinophthalazine


CAS_number = 86-54-4
ATC_prefix = C02
ATC_suffix = DB02
PubChem = 3637
DrugBank =
C=8 | H=8 | N=4
molecular_weight = 160.176 g/mol
bioavailability =
protein_bound =
metabolism = Hepatic
elimination_half-life = 2-4 hours
excretion = Renal
pregnancy_category = C Commonly used to treat severe PIH
legal_status =
routes_of_administration = Oral, intravenous

Hydralazine hydrochloride (1-hydrazinophthalazine monohydrochloride; trade name Apresoline) is a direct-acting smooth muscle relaxant used to treat hypertension by acting as a vasodilator primarily in arteries and arterioles. By relaxing vascular smooth muscle, vasodilators act to decrease peripheral resistance, thereby lowering blood pressure.Harvey, Richard A., Pamela A. Harvey, and Mark J. Mycek. Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lipincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2000. 190.]

Mechanism

The mechanism of action of hydralazine is not well known. It interferes with the action the second messenger inositol triphosphate, limiting calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum of smooth muscle. This results in an arterial and arteriolar relaxation.Rang, Dale, Ritter and Flower. Pharmacology. 6th Ed, 2007.]

An exam revision source declares that hydralazine works through a cGMP-mediated mechanism, resulting in smooth muscle relaxation.Bhushan, Vikas, Tao T. Lee, and Ali Ozturk. First Aid for the USMLE Step 1. New York: McGraw-Hill Medical, 2007. 251.]

It recently has been identified as a nitric oxide donor.cite web |url=http://faculty.swosu.edu/scott.long/phcl/antihtn.htm |title=antihtn |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-10-05]

Clinical Use

Hydralazine is not used as a primary drug for treating hypertension because it elicits a reflex sympathetic stimulation of the heart (the baroreceptor reflex). The sympathetic stimulation may increase heart rate and cardiac output, and may cause angina pectoris or myocardial infarction. Hydralazine may also increase plasma renin concentration, resulting in fluid retention. In order to prevent these undesirable side effects, hydralazine is generally prescribed in combination with a beta-blocker (e.g., propranolol) and a diuretic.

Hydralazine is used to treat severe hypertension, but again, it is not a first line therapy for essential hypertension. However, hydralazine is the first line therapy for hypertension in pregnancy, with methyldopa.

ide effects

Common side effects include:
* Diarrhea
* Compensatory tachycardia due to baroreceptor reflex
* Headache
* Loss of appetite
* Nausea or vomiting
* Pounding heartbeat
* Drug-Induced Lupus Erythematosus

Patients given hydralazine over a peroid of six months may develop a lupus-like syndrome or other immune related diseases that generally are reversible with withdrawal. Hydralazine is differentially acetylated by fast and slow acetylator phenotypes thus incidence of lupus-like disease in slow acetylators.

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