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Drug Uses
Tenormin is used to treat patients with high blood pressure with or without concurrent angina. Also used to prevent or control irregular heartbeat. Read the rest of this entry »

Procardia Uses
Procardia is used in treatment to lower high blood pressure (hypertension) and chest pain (angina).
How Taken
Procardia should be taken as prescribed with glass full of water on an empty stomach. Read the rest of this entry »

A drug that has two separate actions and uses. When given by intravenous injection it causes vasodilatation of the small arteries and consequently rapid lowering of blood pressure; it is therefore sometimes used as an emergency treatment of hypertension. Diazoxide also increases the concentration of glucose in the bloodstream and is taken orally to treat chronic hypoglycaemia (low blood glucose) resulting from excessive secretion of insulin (for example, by an insulin-secreting tumour in the pancreas). It is not used to treat acute hypoglycaemia resulting from insulin overdosage in people with diabetes. Diazoxide is available as an injection or tablets on prescription only. Read the rest of this entry »

Drug Uses
Zestril is used to treat high blood pressure. Used in combination with other medications, Zestril is also used to increase the chances of survival following a heart attack or heart failure. Read the rest of this entry »