Details of Drug-Drug Interaction
| Drug General Information (ID: DDIW9HFPQ4) | |||||||||
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| Drug Name | Benzthiazide | Drug Info | Riociguat | Drug Info | |||||
| Drug Type | Small molecule | Small molecule | |||||||
| Therapeutic Class | Antihypertensive Agents | Vasodilator Agents | |||||||
| Structure | |||||||||
| Mechanism of Benzthiazide-Riociguat Interaction (Severity Level: Moderate) | |||||||||
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| Additive hypotensive effects Click to Show/Hide Mechanism Graph | |||||||||
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| Drug Name | Benzthiazide | Riociguat | |||||||
| Mechanism | Antihypertensive agent |
Hypotensive effects Soluble guanylyl cyclase Agonist |
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| Key Mechanism Factor 1 | |||||||||
| Factor Name | Guanylate cyclase soluble | Structure Sequence | |||||||
| Protein Family | Adenylyl cyclase class-4/guanylyl cyclase family | ||||||||
| Protein Function |
Mediates responses to nitric oxide (NO) by catalyzing the biosynthesis of the signaling molecule cGMP.
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| Management | Caution is advised if riociguat is prescribed in combination with antihypertensive agents or other vasodilators. | ||||||||
| References | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Product Information. Adempas (riociguat). Bayer Pharmaceutical Inc, West Haven, CT. | ||||||||||||||||||