METHODS USING HYDRALAZINE COMPOUNDS AND ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE OR ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE

摘要

The invention provides methods for (a) treating decompensated heart failure; (b) treating compensated heart failure; (c) treating renovascular diseases and (d) treating end-stage renal diseases in a patient in need thereof comprising administering an effective amount of (i) at least one hydralazine compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (ii) isosorbide dinitrate and/or isosorbide mononitrate, and (iii) optionally at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, a beta-adrenergic antagonist, an angiotensin II antagonist, an aldosterone antagonist, a cardiac glycoside (digitalis) and a diuretic compound or a combination of two or more thereof. The hydralazine compound may be hydralazine hydrochloride.