New Guidelines for Treating Heart Failure

...ause "heart failure has a different etiology [cause] and tends to occur younger" in blacks than in others. The guidelines stress the use of two drugs, hydralazine and isosorbide dinitrate, in blacks. Both relieve pressure on the heart by relaxing blood vessels. "A trial showed that using them in a fixed-dose...

Researchers use nanoparticles to deliver treatment for brain, spinal cord injuries

...ated nanoparticles to deliver both the polymer and hydralazine to cells with secondary damage from a naturally pr...which is later delivered to the damaged cells. The hydralazine was added to fight off secondary damage to cells t... these toxins. It's an industrial hazard for which hydralazine is an antidote." Borgens and his team introduce...

Heritage Announces $10 Million Financing

...major market participants. Heritage launched its U.S. label in 2006 and currently markets 5 products over 17 SKU's, including Ethambutol oral tablets, hydralazine oral tablets, Hydrochlorothiazide oral tablets, Sulindac oral tablets and Nimodipine soft gel capsules. The Company's business model utilizes strategi...

A cost effective heart failure drug hits the market!

...pants' ongoing health care costs. The comparison was made in patients who took a medication with two active drug ingredients, isosorbide dinitrate and hydralazine (ISDN/HYD), to those in patients receiving a placebo regimen. The trial demonstrated the effectiveness of ISDN/HYD for treating heart failure in Afric...

Hydralazine in Medical Technology

New Study Shows BENICAR(R) (olmesartan medoxomil) Reverses Blood Vessel Damage Independent of Blood Pressure Lowering

...out period to olmesartan medoximil 20 to 40 mg or atenolol 50 to 100 mg plus additional agents (hydrochlorothiazide 12.5-25 mg, amlodipine 5-10 mg, or hydralazine 50-100 mg twice daily) as needed for a goal BP of < 140/90).(20) Stage 1 hypertension is defined by the JNC 7 as systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 140-...

Study: Identical Doses of BiDil Components Are Not Bioequivalent to the Fixed Dose Combination-BiDil-Used in A-HeFT

...uld result in severe hypotension. Treatment with hydralazine may produce a clinical picture simulating systemic...aution in volume depleted or hypotensive patients. hydralazine can cause tachycardia potentially leading to myoca...ina associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. hydralazine hydrochloride has been associated with peripheral ...