Guanabenz

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Guanabenz (GWAHN-a-benz) belongs to the antihypertensives drugs. It is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension).

BRAND NAME(S): Wytensin

Guanabenz works by controlling nerve impulses along certain nerve pathways. As a result, it relaxes blood vessels so that blood passes through them more easily. This helps to lower blood pressure.

More common side effect during guanabenz therapy are dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth, headache, weakness.

Guanabenz can make you drowsy or less alert. Driving or operating dangerous machinery or participating in any hazardous activity that requires full mental alertness is not recommended until you know how Guanabenz acetate affects you.

[edit] See also

  • adnergic neuron blocker
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