Hydralazine Pros and Cons
- Hydralazine is used to treat severe hypertension (hypertensive urgency in the emergency room).
- It may work well for people who have not responded to other commonly prescribed blood pressure medications.
- It is available in a lower-cost generic form.
- Hydralazine is not the first-line therapy to treat essential hypertension. There are other more effective and safer medicines available.
- You need to take hydralazine 2-4 times a day.
- This medicine may not be a good choice for people with certain types of heart problems.
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