Drug Summary

  Drug name:  hydralazine
  Chemical name:  Hydralazine hydrochloride
  Formula:  C₈H₈N₄
  Weight:   160.1759
  CAS no:  86-54-4
  DrugBank link:  DB01275
  Description:  A direct-acting vasodilator that is used as an antihypertensive agent. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For the treatment of essential hypertension, alone or as an adjunct. Also for the management of severe hypertension when the drug cannot be given orally or when blood pressure must be lowered immediately, congestive heart failure (in combination with cardiac glycosides and diuretics and/or with isosorbide dinitrate), and hypertension secondary to pre-eclampsia/eclampsia.