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compositionComposition:HYDRALAZINE-20MG
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DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION

DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION is an anti-hypertensive medication used to treat very high blood pressure, particularly in pregnancy and in patients with kidney disease. It contains Hydralazine, a vasodilator that works by relaxing and widening the walls of blood vessels. Thus, it increases blood and oxygen supply to the heart and reduces blood pressure. Common side effects of DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION are headaches, abnormal heartbeat, nausea, diarrhoea, chest pain, and muscle or joint pain.

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Written By Veda Maddala , M Pharmacy
Reviewed By Dr Aneela Siddabathuni , MPharma., PhD
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More about the Product

Composition :

HYDRALAZINE-20MG

Manufacturer/Marketer :

Bharat Biotech

Consume Type :

Parenteral

Expires on or after :

Jan-27

Return Policy :

Not Returnable

About DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION

DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION belongs to a class of medicines called anti-hypertensives used to treat very high blood pressure, particularly in pregnancy and in patients with kidney disease. Hypertension (high blood pressure) is a condition in which the force exerted by the blood against the artery walls becomes so high that it causes health problems, such as heart disease.

DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION contains Hydralazine, a vasodilator that works by relaxing and widening the walls of blood vessels. Thus, it increases blood and oxygen supply to the heart and reduces blood pressure. 

DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION will be administered by a healthcare professional; do not self-administer. Sometimes, DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION may cause common side effects such as headaches, abnormal heartbeat, nausea, diarrhoea, chest pain, and muscle or joint pain. Most of these side effects of DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION do not require medical attention and gradually resolve over time. However, if the side effects persist, please consult your doctor.

If you are allergic to hydralazine, dihydralazine or any other medicines, please tell your doctor. DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION is not recommended for children as safety and effectiveness were not established. If you are pregnant or a breastfeeding mother, please inform your doctor before receiving DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION. Avoid alcohol consumption with DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION as it may increase the risk of low blood pressure. If you are about to take a general anaesthetic, inform your doctor or dentist in charge that you are receiving DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION.

Uses of DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION

DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION is used in the treatment of very high blood pressure. The detailed uses of DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION are as follows:

  • Lowers severely elevated blood pressure: DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION helps relax and widen blood vessels, making it easier for blood to flow.
  • Reduces strain on the heart: DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION decreases the workload on the heart by lowering resistance in the blood vessels.
  • Helps prevent complications: DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION lowers the risk of problems like stroke, heart attack, and kidney damage caused by extremely high blood pressure.

Key Benefits

DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION contains Hydralazine, an anti-hypertensive used to treat very high blood pressure, particularly in pregnancy and in patients with kidney disease. It relaxes and widens the walls of blood vessels. Thus, it increases blood and oxygen supply to the heart and reduces blood pressure. 

Side effects of Dralgeen 20mg Injection
  • Avoid triggers like alcohol, caffeine, and energy drinks.
  • Try relaxation techniques such as yoga, meditation, or deep breathing.
  • Exercise regularly as it helps maintain heart health.
  • Follow a nutritious and balanced diet.
Here are the steps to manage the medication-triggered Tachycardia (Fast Heart Rate):
  • Contact your doctor immediately if you're experiencing a fast heart rate, palpitations, or other heart-related symptoms. This is crucial to determine whether the symptoms are related to your medication.
  • Your doctor may need to adjust your medication regimen to alleviate the fast heart rate symptoms. This could involve changing the medication, reducing the dosage, or adding new medications to counteract the side effects.
  • Follow your doctor's advice on monitoring your heart rate and blood pressure. This will help track any changes and ensure your heart rate returns normal.
  • If you experience severe symptoms such as chest pain, dizziness, or shortness of breath, seek immediate medical attention. These symptoms can indicate a more serious condition that requires prompt treatment.
Overcome Medication-Induced Nausea: A 9-Step Plan
  • Inform your doctor about the nausea and discuss possible alternatives to the medication or adjustments to the dosage.
  • Divide your daily food intake into smaller, more frequent meals to reduce nausea.
  • Opt for bland, easily digestible foods like crackers, toast, plain rice, bananas, and applesauce.
  • Avoid certain foods that can trigger nausea, such as fatty, greasy, spicy, and smelly foods.
  • Drink plenty of fluids, such as water, clear broth, or electrolyte-rich beverages like coconut water or sports drinks.
  • Use ginger (tea, ale, or candies) to help relieve nausea.
  • Get adequate rest and also avoid strenuous activities that can worsen nausea.
  • Talk to your doctor about taking anti-nausea medication if your nausea is severe.
  • Record when your nausea occurs, what triggers it, and what provides relief to help you identify patterns and manage your symptoms more effectively.
Dealing with Medication-Induced Headache:
  • Hydrate your body: Drink enough water to prevent dehydration and headaches.
  • Calm Your Mind: Deep breathing and meditation can help you relax and relieve stress.
  • Rest and Recharge: Sleep for 7-8 hours to reduce headache triggers.
  • Take rest: lie down in a quiet, dark environment.
  • Cold or warm compresses can help reduce tension.
  • Stay Upright: Maintain good posture to keep symptoms from getting worse.
  • To treat headaches naturally, try acupuncture or massage therapy.
  • Over-the-counter pain relievers include acetaminophen and ibuprofen.
  • Prescription Assistance: Speak with your doctor about more substantial drug alternatives.
  • Severe Headaches: Seek emergency medical assistance for sudden, severe headaches.
  • Frequent Headaches: If you get reoccurring headaches, consult your doctor.
  • Headaches with Symptoms: Seek medical attention if your headaches include fever, disorientation, or weakness.
Here are the steps to manage Joint Pain caused by medication usage:
  • Please inform your doctor about joint pain symptoms, as they may adjust your medication regimen or prescribe additional medications to manage symptoms.
  • Your doctor may prescribe common pain relievers if necessary to treat joint discomfort.
  • Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is key to relieving joint discomfort. Regular exercise, such as low-impact sports like walking, cycling, or swimming, should be combined with a well-balanced diet. Aim for 7-8 hours of sleep per night to assist your body in repairing and rebuilding tissue.
  • Applying heat or cold packs to the affected joint can help reduce pain and inflammation.
  • Please track when joint pain occurs and any factors that may trigger it, and share this information with your doctor to help manage symptoms.
  • If your joint pain is severe or prolonged, consult a doctor to rule out any underlying disorders that may require treatment.

Directions for Use

  • Follow your doctor’s instructions on the dosage and timing of this medication to ensure safety.
  • DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION will be administered by the doctor or healthcare professional.
  • Do not self-administer.

How DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION Works

DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION contains Hydralazine, a vasodilator that works by relaxing and widening the walls of blood vessels. Thus, it increases blood and oxygen supply to the heart and reduces blood pressure.
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Alcohol

Unsafe

Avoid alcohol consumption with DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION as it may increase the risk of low blood pressure and cause dizziness, or light-headedness.

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Pregnancy

Consult your doctor

If you are pregnant or planning pregnancy, inform your doctor before receiving DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION. Your doctor may prescribe this medicine if the benefits outweigh the risks.

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Breast Feeding

Consult your doctor

Hydralazine may be excreted in breast milk. Hence, if you are a nursing mother, inform your doctor before receiving DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION. Your doctor may prescribe this medicine if the benefits outweigh the risks.

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Driving

Caution

DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION may cause dizziness or light-headedness in some people. Therefore, avoid driving if you feel dizzy or light-headed after receiving DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION.

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Liver

Consult your doctor

If you have a pre-existing history of liver disease, inform your doctor before receiving DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION. Your doctor may adjust the dose of this medicine or prescribe a suitable alternative based on your condition.

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Kidney

Consult your doctor

If you have a pre-existing or a history of kidney diseases, inform your doctor before receiving DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION. Your doctor may adjust the dose of this medicine based on your condition.

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Children

Unsafe

DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION is not recommended for children as safety and effectiveness were not established.

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Heart

Caution

Inform your doctor before receiving the DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION if you have a heart disorder. Your doctor will prescribe only if the benefits outweigh the risks.

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Geriatrics

Caution

Elderly patients may require caution and dose adjustments, as DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION may increase the risk of side effects.

What if I have taken an overdose of DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION

Since DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION is given in a controlled medical setting by a healthcare professional, an overdose is not likely to occur. If you think there has been an overdose or experiencing any adverse events, get medical care right away. In a medical setting, an overdose would be treated quickly. Overdose of DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION may cause hypotension, tachycardia, headache, flushing, myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction, cardiac arrhythmia, and shock.

Diet & Lifestyle Advise

  • Maintain a low-salt diet and minimize eating processed foods as they contain more sodium. Try to replace salt with spices or herbs to add flavour to the food.
  • Do regular exercise such as cycling, walking, jogging, dancing, or swimming for a minimum of 30 minutes per day.
  • Chronic stress may also cause high blood pressure. Therefore, avoid stress triggers and make time for yourself to relax and do activities that you enjoy.
  • Maintain a diet that is rich in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and low-fat dairy products.
  • Try to include heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acid-containing foods in your daily diet. You can also use low-fat cooking oil like olive oil, soybean oil, canola oil, and coconut oil, which may help in lowering high blood pressure.
  • Quit smoking and avoid the consumption of alcohol.

Have a query?

How Soon It Starts Working

The time required for DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION to start to work: DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION ideally shows its action within 10 to 80 minutes after administration. The time for which the effects of DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION last: The effect of DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION lasts for 71 to 4 hours.

What if you forget to take DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION

As this medication will be administered in a hospital by your healthcare professional, the chances of missing a dose are less. However, if you have any concerns, contact your doctor.

Storage

• Store in a cool and dry place away from sunlight. • Keep DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION out of reach and sight of children. • Non cold chain - To be stored in cool places at 10ºC to 25ºC or below 30ºC.

Drug Warnings

If you are allergic to hydralazine, dihydralazine or any other medicines, please tell your doctor. DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION is not recommended for children as safety and effectiveness were not established. If you are pregnant or a breastfeeding mother, please inform your doctor before receiving DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION. Avoid alcohol consumption with DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION as it may increase the risk of low blood pressure. If you are about to take a general anaesthetic, inform your doctor or dentist in charge that you are receiving DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION. If you have had a heart attack in the past three months, inform your doctor before receiving DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION. If you notice symptoms such as yellowing of skin and whites of the eyes, stop receiving DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION and contact your doctor immediately, as these may indicate liver problems.

Drug-Drug Interactions

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Drug-Drug Interaction: Inform your doctor if you are taking antidepressants (clomipramine, amitriptyline), tranquilliser (diazepam), monoamine oxidase inhibitors (phenelzine, moclobemide, tranylcypromine, isocarboxazid), calcium antagonists (diltiazem, nifedipine), water tablets, nitrates, antipsychotics, female sex hormones used in contraception (oestrogens), non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), beta-blocker (propranolol), and medicines used to treat high blood pressure (diazoxide, minoxidil, lisinopril, captopril, enalapril).

Drug-Food Interaction: No interactions found.

Drug-Disease Interaction: Avoid receiving DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION if you have or have ever had Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune condition which causes joint pain, skin rashes and fever, if you have severe tachycardia or right-sided heart failure due to increased pressure in the blood vessels of the lungs, have thyrotoxicosis (excess thyroid hormones in the blood that can cause a fast heartbeat, sweating, trembling, anxiety, increased appetite, loss of weight and intolerance of heat), myocardial insufficiency (impaired heart function) or porphyria (group of disorders due to over build-up of porphyrin in the body). If you have angina pectoris (chest pain), cerebrovascular disease (narrowing of the blood vessels in the brain), coronary artery disease, or serious liver or kidney problems, inform your doctor before receiving DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION.

HydralazineTizanidine
Severe

Drug-Drug Interactions

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HydralazineTizanidine
Severe
How does the drug interact with Dralgeen 20mg Injection:
Co-administration of Tizanidine with Dralgeen 20mg Injection can increase the risk of side effects.

How to manage the interaction:
Although there is a possible interaction between Tizanidine and Dralgeen 20mg Injection, you can take these medicines together if prescribed by a doctor. However, if you experience any symptoms such as headache, dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, and/or changes in pulse or heart rate, consult a doctor immediately. Do not stop using any medications without a doctor's advice.

Drug-Food Interactions

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No Drug - Food interactions found in our database. Some may be unknown. Consult your doctor for what to avoid during medication.

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Therapeutic Class

[ANTI- HYPERTENSIVES]

FAQs

DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION is used to treat Very high blood pressure.

DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION contains Hydralazine, a vasodilator that works by relaxing and widening the walls of blood vessels. Thus, it increases blood and oxygen supply to the heart and reduces blood pressure.

DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION is usually used only briefly to quickly bring down very high blood pressure. After that, your doctor may recommend you take blood pressure tablets.

DRALGEEN 20MG INJECTION may cause diarrhoea as a common side effect. However, if the condition persists or worsens, please inform your doctor.

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Written By

  • Veda Maddala

    M Pharmacy

Dr Aneela SiddabathuniDoctor badge

Reviewed By

  • Dr Aneela Siddabathuni

    MPharma., PhD

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India

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17th Floor, Hoechst House, Nariman Point, Mumbai ? 400 021, Maharashtra, India.
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