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Hypertension
Hypertension is a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure is elevated. It is also referred to as high blood pressure or shortened to HT, HTN or HPN. The word "hypertension", by itself, normally refers to systemic, arterial hypertension.
Hypertension can be classified as either...
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ACE inhibitor
ACE inhibitors or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, are a group of pharmaceuticals that are used primarily in treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure, in some cases as the drugs of first choice.
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Beta blocker
Beta blockers (sometimes written as β-blocker) is a class of drugs used for various indications, but particularly for the management of cardiac arrhythmias, cardioprotection after myocardial infarction (heart attack), and hypertension. Propranolol...
Calcium channel blocker
Calcium channel blockers are a class of drugs and natural substances that disrupt the calcium (Ca) conduction of calcium channels.
It has effects on many excitable cells of the body, such as cardiac muscle, i.e. heart, smooth muscles of blood...
Alpha blocker
Alpha-1 blockers (also called alpha-adrenergic blocking agents) constitute a variety of drugs which block α1-adrenergic receptors in arteries and smooth muscles.
Reduce arteriolar resistance and increase venous capacitance causing reflex tachycardia...
Lotrel
Amlodipine/benazepril, marketed in the U.S. as Lotrel by Novartis and manufactured as a generic drug by Teva, is an antihypertensive medication which combines a calcium channel blocker (amlodipine besylate) with an angiotensin converting enzyme...
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Renin inhibitor
Renin inhibitor, or inhibitors of renin, are a new group of pharmaceuticals that are used primarily in treatment of hypertension.
They act on the juxtaglomerular cells of kidney, which produce renin in response to decreased blood flow.
