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Important Precautions
- Tell your health-care practitioner if you are sensitive or allergic to hydralazine or to any other drugs, or to tartrazine dye, which is used in making this drug.
- Do not take hydralazine if you have a history of coronary artery disease or rheumatic heart disease.
- Before starting hydralazine, consult with your health-care practitioner if you have chest, neck, or arm pain upon physical exertion, or if you have lupus, stroke, or kidney disease or impaired function.
- Prolonged use may cause lupus, psychosis, or numbness or tingling in the hands or feet (peripheral neuropathy).
- Take hydralazine for the entire treatment course as prescribed by your health-care practitioner, even if you begin to feel better.
Pregnant Women
No adequate studies of the effects of hydralazine on pregnant or nursing women have been done. In animal studies, birth defects have been noted. If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant and this drug is crucial for your health, you and your health-care practitioner must weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks to the fetus.
Hydralazine passes into breast milk. If you are breastfeeding, your health-care practitioner will likely advise you to stop until treatment is done.
Seniors
Side effects may be more likely to occur, and to be more severe, in older adults. Headache, palpitations, and rapid heart rates are more common in seniors.
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