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After an initial placebo period of four weeks 24 patients with primary hypertension were treated with prizidilol, a hydrazinopyridazine derivative with combined vasodilator and non-selective beta-adrenoceptor blocking actions, for a dose titration period of 14 weeks. Prizidilol 200 to 800 mg was given once daily to achieve a target supine diastolic blood pressure (BP)<90 mmHg. Supine and standing BP recorded 24–27 h after drug intake decreased from 172±17/106±6 mmHg (mean±SD) and 167±18/111±8 mmHg, respectively, after placebo to 159±16/99±8 and 154±18/101±9 mmHg after active treatment for six weeks (mean dose 447 mg), and to 154±16/97±7 and 148±14/97±7 mmHg after treatment for 14 weeks (mean dose 687 mg/day). A slight reduction in HR was seen after treatment for six weeks and in plasma renin activity and urinary methoxycatecholamine excretion after treatment for 14 weeks. A sustained decrease in BP was observed for 10 h after prizidilol 800 mg (n=9), with a maximum antihypertensive effect (mean reduction in supine BP 33/18 mmHg) 2.5 h after dosing, which coincided with the mean peak plasma concentration. The plasma elimination half-life of the drug was 3.9 h (range 2.0–8.9 h). Changing to a twice daily regimen in 17 patients (mean daily dose 748 mg at six months) did not produce any further reduction in the BP (recorded 12–15 h after dosing) as compared to the once daily regimen at 14 weeks. During treatment for up to 24 months, 16 patients did not achieve satisfactory BP control. Eight of them were withdrawn and eight received additional treatment with bendroflumethiazide (2.5–5 mg/day). In 7 of the latter satisfactory BP control was achieved. Side effects were few. Dizziness and tiredness occurred in four patients 2–5 h after prizidilol 600–800 mg once daily. These symptoms partly subsided when the subjects changed to a twice daily regimen. No ocular side-effects were found. Before treatment 13 out of 24 patients had a low titre of IgM antinuclear antibodies (ANA) and one patient also a low titre of IgG ANA. During treatment the frequency of patients with positive ANA-titres became higher, and after treatment for 12 months (n=17) 15 patients had positive IgM and seven patients positive IgG ANA-titres. However, the titres were low and no patient showed a clinical lupus erythematosus syndrome. There was no relation between acetylator phenotype of the patient and acute or longterm effecton BP, pharmacokinetics of the drug or the development of a raised ANA-titre.
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Karlberg, B.E., Larsson, R., Öhman, K.P. et al. Prizidilol, a combined vasodilatory and β-adrenoceptor blocking drug, in primary hypertension. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 25, 179–186 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00543788
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