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DRUG NAME MECHANISM OF INDICATIONS CONTRAINDICATION ADVERSE EFFECTS NURSING

ACTION RESPONSIBILITIES

Generic name:  Chemical • Essential  CNS: dizziness,  Give oral form of


 Contraindicated
Hydralazine effect: hypertension in patients headache, drug with meals to
hydrchloride Unknown. As a • To manage hypersensitive peripheral increase absorption.
Brand name:
direct-acting hypertensive to the drug and neuritis.  Inform patient that
Alphapress, emergencies
vasodilator, it its components  CV: arrhythmias, orthostatic
Apresoline related to
relaxes arteriolar and those with angina, hypotension can be
 Classificatio smooth muscle. pregnancy palpitation,
n:
coronary artery minimized by rising
(pre- disease or tachycardia slowly and not
Antihypertensive  Therapeutic
effect: Lowers eclampsia or mitral valvular  GI: anorexia, changing position
 Patient’s
Dose: blood pressure. eclampsia) rheumatic heart diarrhea, N&V suddenly.
25mg.tab. TID • To manage disease.  HEMA:  Tell patient not to
severe heart  Use cautiously agranulocytopenia , abruptly stop taking
failure. in patients with leucopenia, the drug, but to call
suspected neutropenia physician if adverse
cardiac disease,  METABOLIC: reactions occur.
stroke, or severe sodium retention,  Tell patient to limit
renal weight gain sodium intake.
impairment, and  SKIN: rash
in those taking
other anti-  OTHER: lupus-
hypertensive like syndrome
drugs.

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