• Antihypertensives are a class of drugs that are used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure). Antihypertensive therapy seeks to prevent the complications...
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    and developed chlorothiazide, which remains the most widely used antihypertensive drug today. This development was associated with a substantial decline...
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    Rilmenidine (category Antihypertensive agents)
    additional anti-inflammatory actions not shared with most other antihypertensive drugs. Hypertension. Severe depression, severe kidney failure (creatinine...
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    Moxonidine (category Antihypertensive agents)
    (INN) is a new-generation alpha-2/imidazoline receptor agonist antihypertensive drug licensed for the treatment of mild to moderate essential hypertension...
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    Medication (redirect from Blockbuster drug)
    cytoprotectants, prostaglandin analogues. Affecting blood pressure/(antihypertensive drugs): ACE inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers, beta-blockers,...
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    Minoxidil (redirect from Rogaine (drug))
    the treatment of high blood pressure and pattern hair loss. It is an antihypertensive and a vasodilator. It is available as a generic medication by prescription...
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  • Sawan M, Todd A, Gammie TM, et al. (June 2020). "Withdrawal of antihypertensive drugs in older people". The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2020...
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    Sacubitril (category Antihypertensive agents)
    Sacubitril (/səˈkjuːbɪtrɪl/; INN) is an antihypertensive drug used in combination with valsartan. The combination drug sacubitril/valsartan, known during trials...
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  • The drugs most classically associated with the condition are weight loss drugs such as fenfluramine and chlorphentermine, and antiparkinson drugs such...
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    Reserpine (category Antihypertensive agents)
    first-line drug treatment alone. The reserpine-hydrochlorothiazide combo pill was the 17th most commonly prescribed of the 43 combination antihypertensive pills...
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    Lercanidipine (category Drugs with non-standard legal status)
    Lercanidipine (trade name Zanidip, among others) is an antihypertensive (blood pressure lowering) drug. It belongs to the dihydropyridine class of calcium...
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    these include mirtazapine (an antidepressant), clonidine (an older antihypertensive drug), quetiapine (an antipsychotic), and the over-the-counter allergy...
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    Imidapril (category Drugs with non-standard legal status)
    brand name Tanatril among others, is an ACE inhibitor used as an antihypertensive drug and for the treatment of chronic heart failure. It was patented...
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  • Blood pressure medicine may refer to Antihypertensive drug (high blood pressure) Antihypotensive agent (low blood pressure) This disambiguation page lists...
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    Guanethidine (category Drugs with no legal status)
    Guanethidine is an antihypertensive drug that reduces the release of catecholamines, such as norepinephrine. Guanethidine is transported across the sympathetic...
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  • of lithium toxicity, including antihypertensive drugs, NSAIDs, ACE inhibitors and antibiotics. For antihypertensive drugs, diuretics causes sodium loss...
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    considered to be safe, well tolerated and effective as an add-on antihypertensive drug. Like other alpha-1 receptor antagonists, it has a role in the peri-operative...
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    Hydrochlorothiazide (category Antihypertensive agents)
    often used in fixed-dose combinations with many other classes of antihypertensive drugs such as: ACE inhibitors – e.g. Prinzide or Zestoretic (with lisinopril)...
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    Deserpidine (category Antihypertensive agents)
    Deserpidine (INN) or reserpidine (USAN) is an antihypertensive drug structurally related to reserpine which occurs naturally in Rauvolfia spp. Fulton...
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    Guanfacine (redirect from Tenex (drug))
    centrally action antihypertensive agent guanfacine (BS 100-141)". Arzneimittelforschung. 27 (3): 674–6. PMID 326262. "Drugs@FDA: FDA-Approved Drugs". "European...
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    longer. Instead, it is prescribed as an antihypertensive drug, often in combination with other substances. Other drugs that affect the cardiovascular system...
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    Mecamylamine (category Drugs with non-standard legal status)
    acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) that was introduced in the 1950s as an antihypertensive drug. In the United States, it was voluntarily withdrawn from the market...
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  • P-450 3A4 (CYP3A4) inhibitors that are often present in antihypertensive drugs, antiretroviral drugs, antibiotics, or fluconazole. An alcohol-interaction...
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    disease; Pfizer also received approval for Norvasc (amlodipine), an antihypertensive drug of the dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker class. In 1997, the...
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    Perindopril/indapamide (category Combination antihypertensive drugs)
    inhibitor and a chlorosulfamoyl diuretic leads to additive synergy of the antihypertensive effects of the two constituents. Its pharmacological properties are...
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    Indapamide (category Drugs with non-standard legal status)
    reducing risk of stroke. Both drug classes appear to have comparable rates of adverse effects as other antihypertensives such as angiotensin II receptor...
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    beginning in 1958. In most countries, thiazides are the least expensive antihypertensive drugs available. Thiazide organic molecules are bi-cyclic structures that...
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  • Losartan/hydrochlorothiazide (category Combination antihypertensive drugs)
    Drug interactions include lithium, agents increasing serum levels of potassium, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), antidiabetic drugs, cholestyramine...
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    Urapidil (category Drugs with non-standard legal status)
    Urapidil is a sympatholytic antihypertensive drug. It acts as an α1-adrenoceptor antagonist and as an 5-HT1A receptor agonist. Although an initial report...
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    Trandolapril (category Drugs with non-standard legal status)
    that is deesterified to trandolaprilat. It is believed to exert its antihypertensive effect through the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system. Trandolapril...
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