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Active Ingredient(s): MidodrineFDA Approved: * November 3, 2004
Pharm Company: * UPSHER SMITH
Category: Blood Pressure
Midodrine is a vasopressor/antihypotensive agent (it raises the blood pressure). Midodrine was approved in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1996 for the treatment of dysautonomia and orthostatic hypotension. In August 2010, the FDA proposed withdrawing this approval because the manufacturer, Shire plc, failed to complete required studies after the medicine reached the market.[2][3] In September 2010, the FDA reversed its decision... [wikipedia]
* May have multiple approval dates, manufacturers, or labelers.1 Discussion