Generic name:hydralazine [ hye-DRAL-a-zeen ]
Drug class:Vasodilators
What is Apresoline?
Apresoline is a vasodilator that works by relaxing the muscles in your blood vessels to help them dilate (widen). This lowers blood pressure and allows blood to flow more easily through your veins and arteries.
Apresoline is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension).
Apresoline may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
Warnings
You should not use Apresoline if you have coronary artery disease, or rheumatic heart disease affecting the mitral valve.
Before taking this medicine
You should not use Apresoline if you are allergic to it, or if you have:
coronary artery disease; or
rheumatic heart disease affecting the mitral valve.
To make sure Apresoline is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have ever had:
kidney disease;
angina (chest pain); or
a stroke.
It is not known whether this medicine will harm an unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant.
Hydralazine can pass into breast milk, but effects on the nursing baby are not known. Tell your doctor if you are breast-feeding.
Apresoline is not approved for use by anyone younger than 18 years old.
