Original GlobalRPh source
- Product / population
- Preserved GlobalRPh source, not a freshly verified product label
- Renal measure
- Use the method specified in the original source
Historical source: not automatically current. Review current official labeling and separately attributed additions before use.
The source CHF maintenance range reaches 600 mg/day despite its hypertension maximum of 300 mg/day; this discrepancy and ambiguous q8h or less wording are preserved, not endorsed.
Usual Dosing (Adults)
Injection: use only when oral dosing is not possible. Urgent inpatient therapy may be IM or rapid IV bolus; the reproduced source usual dose is 20 to 40 mg, repeated as necessary, with lower doses sometimes needed, especially with marked renal damage. Check blood pressure frequently; decline may begin within minutes, with average maximum reduction in 10 to 80 minutes. With increased intracranial pressure, lowering blood pressure may worsen cerebral ischemia. Most patients can switch to oral in 24 to 48 hours. Use immediately after opening vial; do not add to infusion solutions. Contact with metal may discolor solution; discard if discolored or particulate.
Oral: start 10 mg four times daily for 2 to 4 days, then 25 mg four times daily for the remainder of week 1; second/subsequent weeks 50 mg four times daily. Maintain the lowest effective dose. Toxicity, particularly L.E. cell syndrome, is more frequent at high doses. Resistant patients may require up to 300 mg/day; lower hydralazine with thiazide, reserpine and/or beta blocker may be considered, individually titrating every drug to the lowest effective dose.
Separate source summary: hypertension start 10 mg four times daily, increase each dose by 10 to 25 mg every 2 to 5 days (maximum 300 mg/day). Acute hypertension start 10 to 20 mg IM/IV every 4 to 6 hours as needed, possibly increasing to 40 mg/dose; switch to oral promptly. CHF start 10 to 25 mg orally three to four times daily; the historical page lists maintenance 200 to 600 mg/day in two to four divided doses.
Renal Dosing
CrCl >50 mL/min: no change. CrCl 10 to 50: source wording "Give usual dose q8h or less." CrCl <10: every 8 to 16 hours in fast acetylators and every 12 to 24 hours in slow acetylators.
Hemodialysis
Every 8 to 16 hours in fast acetylators or every 12 to 24 hours in slow acetylators.