Drug Name

Trandate ( Labetalol)

Drug Uses

This medication is used to treat very bad high blood pressure (hypertension). Lowering high blood pressure helps halt strokes, heart attacks as well as kidney problems.

How Taken

Follow the directions for using this medicine provided by your doctor. Take this medicine with food or milk.

Drug Class as well as Mechanism

Trandate is a drug that is used for treating high blood pressure. It is related to carvedilol (Coreg). Nerves that are part of the adrenergic nervous system travel to most arteries where they release an adrenergic artificial norepinephrine. The norepinephrine attaches to receptors on the muscles of the arteries as well as causes the muscles to contract, narrowing the arteries, as well as increasing the blood pressure. Trandate blocks receptors of the adrenergic nervous system. When trandate attaches to as well as blocks the receptors, the arterial muscles relax, as well as the arteries expand, resulting in a fall in blood pressure. The FDA earliest approved Trandate in 1997.

Missed Dose

Incase the dose is interrupted, contact the doctor immediately to re-establish dosing.

Storage

Store the vials at room temperature between 36 as well as 86 degrees F (2 to 30 degrees C) as well as away from light. Do not freeze. After dilution in the correct IV fluids, this product is stable for 24 hours refrigerated or at room temperature. Discard any unused liquid.

Warnings/Precautions

Tell your doctor your health examination history, especially of: liver problems, heart problems (e.g., mild/moderate congestive heart failure), pheochromocytoma, diabetes, any allergies. This medication is not recommended for take incase you possess the following health examination conditions: lung disease (asthma, COPD), confident heart problems (e.g. advanced heart block, very bad bradycardia, very bad heart failure, post-CABG surgery). This drug may make you dizzy for up to 3 hours after it is given. You should remain lying down during this time period in order to halt falls. You should get up slowly when rising from a seated or lying position; another person should assist you. Take caution when performing activities that require alertness such as driving or using machinery. Limit alcoholic beverages. Incase you possess a history of very bad allergic reactions, consult your doctor or pharmacist. Common doses of epinephrine may not be as effective while you are using this medication. Incase you are diabetic, this drug may block confident symptoms of abridged blood sugar. Increased sweating is a symptom that is not affected. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more details. Caution is advised when using this drug in the elderly because they may be more sensitive to the effects of the drug. Trandate should be used only when clearly needed during pregnancy. Discuss the risks as well as benefits with your doctor. This medication passes into breast milk. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.

Likely Side Effects

Fatigue, nausea, or tingling of the scalp/skin may occur. Incase any of these effects persist or worsen, notify your doctor promptly. Tell your doctor immediately incase this potentially humorless side effect occurs: dizziness. Tell your doctor immediately incase these unlikely but humorless side effects occur: fainting, leg pain, increased sweating, increased urination, unusual thirst. Tell your doctor immediately incase any of these highly unlikely but very humorless side effects occur: unusually unhurried or irregular heartbeat, persistent loss of appetite, stomach pain, persistent sore throat or fever, easy bleeding or bruising, vision changes, difficulty urinating, mental/mood changes. Rare, but possibly fatal, liver problems possess occurred during labetalol take. Seek immediate health examination attention incase you develop: not light urine, yellowing eyes or skin. An allergic reaction to this drug is unlikely, but seek immediate health examination attention incase it occurs. Symptoms of an allergic reaction include: rash, itching, swelling, very bad dizziness, trouble breathing. Incase you notice other effects not listed above, consult your doctor or pharmacist.

More Information

Laboratory and/or health examination tests (e.g., liver function) may be performed to monitor your progress.