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hydralazine

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hy·dral·a·zine  (h-drl-zn)
n.
An antihypertensive drug, C8H8N4.

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Noun1.hydralazinehydralazine - an antihypertensive drug (trade name Apresoline) that dilates blood vessels; used (often with a diuretic) to treat hypertension and congestive heart failure
antihypertensive, antihypertensive drug - a drug that reduces high blood pressure
vasodilative, vasodilator - a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels


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In studies published in the May--August 2004 issue of International Reviews of Immunology and the October 2003 issue of Clinical Immunology, he noted that pharmaceuticals such as the heart drug procainamide and the antihypertensive agent hydralazine cause lupus in some people, and demonstrated that lupus-like disease in mice exposed to these drugs is linked with DNA methylation alterations and interruption of signaling pathways similar to those in people.
Researchers hypothesize that hydralazine, BiDil's other component, relaxes blood vessels while also, as an antioxidant, keeping nitric oxide active.
The drug is BiDil, an experimental combination of two already approved drugs, isosorbide dinitrate (Isordil), which provides nitric oxide, and hydralazine (Apresoline), which helps the body better use nitric oxide.
 
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