title: Clinical and hemodynamic effects of the new dilator drug molsidomine.
abstract: The effects of a single 2 mg oral dose of molsidomine were assessed with treadmill multistage exercise testing in six men with stable angina. A double-blind, placebo-controlled protocol was used, with exercise to the point when anginal pain forced the patient to stop. Exercise was undertaken before and at 1/2, 1 1/2, 4, and 6 hours after drug administration. Molsidomine improved exercise performance, with the best antianginal effect at 1 1/2 hours after administration, when the mean times to limiting angina were approximately 6 3/4 minutes with placebo and 11 1/2 minutes with molsidomine (p less than 0.05). The corresponding energy expenditures were 33.8 and 77.6 mets, an increase of 130% with the active drug. Intra-arterial blood pressure recording verified that molsidomine had a vasodilator hemodynamic profile, and the immediate postexercise rate-pressure product 1 1/2 hours after molsidomine treatment was 232 mm Hg/min X 10(-2), compared with 183 mm Hg/min X 10(-2) after administration of placebo (NS). Side effects of molsidomine were limited to headache in two patients.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005080:Exercise Test; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008981:Molsidomine; D010069:Oxadiazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013558:Sydnones / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D010069:Oxadiazoles; D013558:Sydnones; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D008981:Molsidomine