Trandate

Description

What Is This Medication And How Is It Going To Help Your Condition To Get Better?

 

The main active ingredient inside of the prescription medication Trandate is Labetalol. It’s a part of a group of medications known as beta-blockers. Trandate is mainly used in order to help people who suffer from high blood pressure problems (hypertension). The way it is able to do this is by lowering the amount of work a person’s heart has to put in when it comes to how hard it pumps and it also helps to open up blood vessels so blood can flow through easier.

 

Is Trandate is a medication that can only be used alone or can it be used with other drugs to enhance how well it works?

 

Trandate can be used alone in most cases. A lot of this is going to come down to how serious a doctor feels your condition is. However, it can also be used alongside other high blood pressure medications such as diuretics (water pills) in order to help the overall treatment be more effective. There’s an injectable form of this drug that is usually used in order to provide emergency treatment for people with extremely high blood pressure.

 

Are there other uses for this medication or is the treatment of high blood pressure the main one?

 

There’s a chance that a doctor has prescribed this drug to be used for other conditions besides high blood pressure. This is left to the discretion of the doctor though. In many cases they will want to stay with the main use of a drug because it ensures a person will get the proper help they need. The best course of action in order to feel more assurance before using Trandate is to make sure you know exactly why it’s been prescribed to you. If you don’t know then ask questions.

 

What are some of the potential common side effects a person might be at risk for if they decide to use this prescription medication?

 

 Anxiety or nervousness

 Changes in taste sensations

 Constipation

 Decreased sexual ability

 Diarrhea

 Dizziness or lightheadedness

 Drowsiness (slight)

 Dry, sore eyes

 Dry mouth or sore throat

 Headache

 Itching of skin

 Muscle aches or cramps

 Nausea or vomiting

 Nightmares and vivid dreams

 Numbness or tingling of fingers, toes, or scalp

 Stomach discomfort

 Stuffy nose

 Trouble sleeping

 Unusual tiredness or weakness

 

What are some of the more serious potential side effects a person puts themselves at risk for if they use this drug?

 

 Back pain or joint pain

 

 Blurry vision

 

 Breathing difficulty or wheezing

 

 Chest pain

 

 Cold hands and feet

 

 Confusion (especially in elderly patients)

 

 Dark urine

 

 Depression

 

 Dizziness or lightheadedness when getting up from a lying down or sitting position

 

 Fever and sore throat

 

 Hallucinations

 

 Irregular heartbeat

 

 Red, scaling, or crusted skin

 

 Shortness of breath

 

 Skin rash

 

 Slow heartbeat (especially less than 50 beats per minute)

 

 Swelling of ankles, feet, or lower legs

 

 Unusual bleeding and bruising

 

 Yellow eyes or skin

 

What special precautions do you need to take before you start using this medication in order to make sure it doesn’t pose an especially high risk for you?

 

Before you start taking this drug you’ll need to make sure you understand whether or not you’re allergic to it. If you’re allergic to any of the ingredients inside of Trandate, then you won’t be able to use it.

 

You’ll also need to make sure you tell a doctor if you’re pregnant (assuming you’re a potential female user) or expecting to be soon. Using this drug can increase the possibility of birth defects. Women who are breastfeeding are also at risk for passing the drug through breast milk. So you would need to let a doctor know if you were nursing. A doctor would determine whether or not it was safe for you to keep using this drug or should use be stopped.