Pronounced: (eye-so-SORE-bide dye-NYE-trate/hi-DRAL-uh-zeen)
BiDil Oral Uses
Table of Contents
- >>Uses and How to Use
- Dosage and Storage
- Precautions and Side Effects
- Drug Interactions
- Drug Images
This medication is used with other medications to treat heart failure in selected patients. This combination drug is used when other heart failure medications are not controlling your symptoms. This product contains 2 drugs. Isosorbide belongs to a class of drugs known as nitrate vasodilators. Hydralazine is a different kind of vasodilator. Both drugs cause relaxation of blood vessels so blood can flow more easily. This effect allows the heart to work less, decreasing symptoms of heart failure.
How To Use BiDil Oral
Take this medication by mouth, usually 3 times daily or exactly as directed by your doctor. Tablets may be split if they have a cutting line (score line).
Dosage is based on your medical condition and response to treatment. Your doctor will slowly increase the dose to find the best dose for you.
Because this combination product has fixed doses of isosorbide and hydralazine, it should be used only if your doctor has determined that the doses of both medications in this product are right for you.
Use this medication regularly in order to get the most benefit from it. To help you remember, take it at the same times each day. It is important to continue taking this medication even if you feel well. It may take up to several weeks before the full benefit of this drug takes effect.
Do not stop taking this medication without first consulting your doctor. Some conditions may become worse when the drug is abruptly stopped. Your dose may need to be gradually decreased.
Tell your doctor immediately if your heart failure symptoms persist or worsen (e.g., tiredness, swelling of feet/ankles/legs, decreased ability to do normal daily activities, shortness of breath when lying down).
