User:Mr. Ibrahem/Droxidopa

Droxidopa, sold under the brand name Northera, is a medication used to treat neurological causes of low blood pressure with standing. These causes may include Parkinson disease, autonomic neuropathy, and multiple systemic atrophy. It is taken by mouth.

Common side effects include headache, dizziness, nausea, and high blood pressure. Other side effects may include neuroleptic malignant syndrome or worsened heart failure. Safety in pregnancy is unclear. It works after being converted in the body to norepinephrine (noradrenaline).

Droxidopa was approved for medical use in the United States in 2014. It is not approved in either Europe or the United Kingdom. It is available as a generic medication. In the United States a month of medication at a dose of 300 mg per day costs about 740 USD as of 2021.