Isoxsuprine
Isoxsuprine is in a class of drugs called vasodilators. Isoxsuprine relaxes veins and arteries, which makes them wider and allows blood to pass through them more easily. These actions may help treat the symptoms of conditions such as cerebral vascular insufficiency (poor blood flow to the brain), arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), Raynaud's phenomenon, and other conditions involving poor blood flow in the veins and arteries.
Mechanism of effect
A beta-adrenergic agonist that causes direct relaxation of uterine and vascular smooth muscle.
Pharmacodynamic
Its vasodilating actions are greater on the arteries supplying skeletal muscle than on those supplying skin. It is used in the treatment of peripheral vascular disease and in premature labor.
Pharmacokinetics
Not Available
Drug indications
For the relief of symptoms associated with cerebrovascular insufficiency , Raynaud's diseaseDosage
Oral: 10 to 20 mg, three or four times daily.
Drug contraindications
hypersensitivity to drug or its components.
Side effects
nausea , chest pain , Tachycardia , dizziness , vomiting , rash , hypotension
Alerts
1-Isoxsuprine Hydrochloride, USP should not be given immediately postpartum or in the presence of arterial bleeding. 2-Safety and effectiveness in pediatric patients have not been established
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