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What is Hydralazine?

Hydralazine is used in the management of moderate to severe hypertension, congestive heart failure, hypertension secondary to pre-eclampsia/eclampsia; treatment of primary pulmonary hypertension.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Elevated blood pressure 13 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
CHF (Congestive heart failure) 5 1 Efficacy_slight
heart condition 2 0
Support heart health 1 0
Other 1 0
Hypertension 1 0

See all 19 patients currently taking Hydralazine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 3

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Hydralazine

Breathing difficulty 1
Headaches 1
Cold sensations (coldness) 1
Swelling in legs, feet and ankles 1
Feeling of being choked 1
Feeling sick 1
See all 7 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Hydralazine. See all 12 dosages ►

  20 mg daily 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 120 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 225 mg daily 300 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Hydralazine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 33%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 33%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 33%

See all 5 patients who’ve stopped taking Hydralazine

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Hydralazine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Hydralazine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Hydralazine

Always
 3 75%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 25%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Hydralazine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 4 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Hydralazine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 33%
< $25
 2 67%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.