Hydralazine

Hydralazine, sold under the brand name Apresoline among others, is a medication used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure.[1] This includes high blood pressure in pregnancy and very high blood pressure resulting in symptoms.[2] It has been found to be particularly useful in heart failure together with isosorbide dinitrate in people of African descent.[1] It is given by mouth or by injection into a vein.[2] Effects usually begin around 15 minutes and last up to six hours.[1]

Hydralazine
Clinical data
Trade namesApresoline, BiDil, others
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
MedlinePlusa682246
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Pregnancy
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  • AU: C
  • US: C (Risk not ruled out)
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    By mouth, intravenous
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    Pharmacokinetic data
    Bioavailability26–50%
    Protein binding85–90%
    MetabolismLiver
    Onset of action5 to 30 min[1]
    Elimination half-life2–8 hours, 7–16 hours (renal impairment)
    Duration of action2 to 6 hrs[1]
    ExcretionUrine
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    ECHA InfoCard100.001.528
    Chemical and physical data
    FormulaC8H8N4
    Molar mass160.176 g/mol g·mol−1
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    Common side effects include headache and fast heart rate.[1] It is not recommended in people with coronary artery disease or in those with rheumatic heart disease that affects the mitral valve.[1] In those with kidney disease a low dose is recommended.[2] Hydralazine is in the vasodilator family of medications and is believed to work by causing the dilation of blood vessels.[1]

    Hydralazine was discovered while scientists at Ciba were looking for a treatment for malaria.[3] It was patented in 1949.[4] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the most effective and safe medicines needed in a health system.[5] The wholesale cost in the developing world is about US$2.78–9.11 per month.[6] In the United States treatment costs about $50–100 per month.[7] In 2016 it was the 138th most prescribed medication in the United States with more than 4 million prescriptions.[8]

    Medical 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).[9] The sympathetic stimulation may increase heart rate and cardiac output, and in people with coronary artery disease may cause angina pectoris or myocardial infarction.[10] Hydralazine may also increase plasma renin concentration, resulting in fluid retention. To prevent these undesirable side effects, hydralazine is usually prescribed in combination with a β-blocker (e.g., propranolol) and a diuretic.[10] Beta-blockers licensed to treat heart failure in the UK include bisoprolol, carvedilol, and nebivolol.

    Hydralazine is used to treat severe hypertension, but again, it is not a first-line therapy for essential hypertension. However, hydralazine is often used to treat hypertension in pregnancy, with methyldopa.[11]

    Hydralazine is commonly used in combination with isosorbide dinitrate for the treatment of congestive heart failure in self-identified African American populations. This preparation, isosorbide dinitrate/hydralazine, was the first race-based prescription drug.[12]

    It should not be used in people with tachycardia, heart failure, who have constrictive pericarditis, who have lupus, a dissecting aortic aneurysm, or porphyria.[13]

    Adverse effects

    Prolonged treatment may cause a syndrome similar to lupus which can become fatal if the symptoms are not noticed and drug treatment stopped.[13]

    Very common (>10% frequency) side effects include headache, high heart rate, and palpitations.[13]

    Common (1–10% frequency) side effects include flushing, hypotension, anginal symptoms, aching or swelling joints, muscle aches, positive tests for ANP, stomach upset, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting, and swelling (sodium and water retention).[13]

    Interactions

    It may potentiate the antihypertensive effects of:[13]

    Drugs subject to a strong first-pass effect such as β-blockers may increase the bioavailability of hydralazine.[13] Epinephrine (adrenaline)'s heart rate-accelerating effects are increased by hydralazine, hence may lead to toxicity.[13]

    Mechanism of action

    It is a direct-acting smooth muscle relaxant and acts as a vasodilator primarily in resistance arterioles; the molecular mechanism was unknown as of 2011.[9][14] By relaxing vascular smooth muscle, vasodilators act to decrease peripheral resistance, thereby lowering blood pressure and decreasing afterload.[10]

    Chemistry

    Hydralazine belongs to the hydrazinophthalazine class of drugs.[15]

    History

    The antihypertensive activity of hydralazine was discovered by scientists at Ciba who were trying to discover drugs to treat malaria; it was initially called C-5968 and 1-hydrazinophthalazine; Ciba's patent application was filed in 1945 and issued in 1949,[16][17][18] and the first scientific publications of its blood-pressure lowering activities appeared in 1950.[3][15][19] It was approved by the FDA in 1953.[20]

    It was one of the first antihypertensive medications that could be taken by mouth.[9]

    Research

    Hydralazine has also been studied as a treatment for myelodysplastic syndrome in its capacity as a DNA methyltransferase inhibitor.[21]

    See also

    References

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