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Antihypertensive drugs are medications used to lower high blood pressure. They include classes like ACE inhibitors, beta blockers, and diuretics. Each class works through different mechanisms such as vasodilation or fluid reduction. They help prevent complications like stroke, heart failure, and kidney damage.

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Antihypertensive drugs
example of centrally acting agents

- ____ (catapres) - clonide



example of vasodilator

(generic name) - hydralazine



exercise can cause ____

- response to exercise is blunted in ___ ___ use - vasodilation, beta blocker



ganglionic blockers work in 2 ways simutaneously

- bigger role in htn _____ because of dual pathway action

--- for example, autonomic dysreflexia - emergencies



generic name for potassium sparing diuretics - spironoclatone



inhibit the enzyme that converts angiotensin I to II

- adverse effects consist of a dry cough and renal failure for those without renal disease

- ___ suffix - ace inhibitors, pril



Loop diuretics

- act on the ___ limb of the loop of henle

- inhibit the reabsorption of ___ and ___

- example is furosemide: _____ - ascending, na, cl, lasix

, primary side effect across all agents is hypotension and __ - oh



renin-angiotensin system

(A&P kick in)




add of beta blockers and exercise

- normal cardiac responses to exercise are ____

- __ doesn't rise normally so BP won't either - blunted, CO



alpha blockers

- block the alpha-_ adrenergic receptor on vascular smooth muscle

--- promotes state of ____

- can also improve blood __ profiles and may improve ___ resistance - 1, vasodilation, lipid,
insulin



angiotensin II also leads to more aldosterone being produced which increases ___ retention -
increasing bp - na



angiotensin II leads to arteriole _____ - vasoconstriction



angiotensin II receptor blockers

- generally __ tolerated

- adverse effect:____ , dizziness, dry cough; _____

- what suffix? - well, angioedema, hyperkalemia, tan

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