Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors or ACE Inhibitors
The ACE inhibitors are one of the first choice drugs in all grades of essential as well as renovascular hypertension (except those with bilateral renal artery stenosis). Most patients …
Category: Drugs
Angiotensin Receptor Blockers
The pharmacology of losartan and other angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) is very important. In a dose of 50 mg/day losartan is an effective antihypertensive. Action manifests early and progresses …
Prazosin Side Effects
Prazosin Side Effects are rare at lower dosage that is commonly used. Prazosin is generally well tolerated at low doses. One of the most common prazosin side effects is Postural hypotension. …
Prazosin Nightmares
Prazosin Nightmares is a distressing side effects of prazosin, an antihypertensive in common use. Prazosin is a Alpha antagonist that is used to reduce or control the blood pressure of a hypertensive patient. The …
Prazosin
Prazosin is a prototype selective a antagonist dilates both resistance and capacitance vessels; effect on the former predominating. The haemodynamic effects—reduction in t.p.r. and mean BP with only slight …
Hydralazine side effects
Hydralazine side effects are frequent and mainly due to vasodilatation. 1. The most common hydralazine side effects are facial flushing, conjunctival injection, throbbing headache, dizziness, palpitation, nasal stuffiness, fluid …
Hydralazine Dose
Hydralazine Dose is affected by its pharmacokinetics. Hydralazine is well absorbed orally, and is subjected to first pass metabolism in liver. The chief metabolic pathway is acetylation which exhibits …
Hydralazine
Hydralazine or Dihydralazine is a directly acting arteriolar vasodilator with little action on venous capacitance vessels; reduces t.p.r. It causes greater reduction of diastolic than systolic BP. Reflex compensatory …
Reserpine
Reserpine is an alkaloid from the roots of Rauwofia serpentina (sarpgandha) indigenous to India which has been used in ‘Ayurvedic’ medicine for centuries. The pure alkaloid was isolated in …
Guanethidine
Guanethidine is an adrenergic neural blocker that has been used for treating hypertension. Guanethidine is a polar guanidine compound which is taken up into the adrenergic nerve endings by …