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ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUGS

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HYPERTENSION CAUSED BY ANOTHER DISEASE
LESS COMMONLY USED NOW, BUT USED INTRAVENOUSLY FOR HTN EMERGENCY
DRUGS THAT INTERACT PRIMARILY WITH THE CNS DEPRESSANTS (ALCOHOL, BENZOS,OPIOIDS)
CARDIAC OUTPUT X SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE
NEWEST BETA BLOCKER
A COMMON, ASYMPTOMATIC DISORDER IN WHICH BP PRESISTENTLY EXCEEDS 140/90
BLOCKERS USED FOR TREATMENT OF HTN AND ANGINA
ADRENERGIC DRUGS THAT WORK BY STIMULATING THE ALPHA2-ADRENERGIC RECEPTORS IN THE BRAIN
AMOUNT OF BLOOD EJECTED FROM THE LEFT VENTRICLE
INACTIVE IN ADMINISTRATION FORM AND MUST BE METABOLIZED TO ITS ACTIVE FORM IN THE BODY
AVAILABLE IN BOTH ORAL AND PARENTERAL PREPARATIONS
HYPOTENSIVE EFFECT INVOLVING A SUDDEN DROP IN BLOOD PRESSURE
ACT DIRECTLY ON ARTERIOLAR AND/OR VENOUS SMOOTH MUSCLE TO CAUSE RELAXATION
MOST COMMON ALPHA1 BLOCKER
TREATMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE HEART FAILURE
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FOR TREATMENT OF MILD TO MODERATE HEART FAILURE
DECREASES BP AND HEART RATE-CAN CAUSE BRONCHOCONSTRICTION AND DECREASE CONTRACTILITY OF THE HEART
CURRENT FIRST-LINE ANTIHYPERTENSIVE
HYPERTENSION IN WHICH NO CAUSE CAN BE FOUND
DRUGS THAT CAUSE ARTERIAL AND VENOUS DILATION THROUGH THEIR ACTION ON PERIPHERAL SYMPATHETIC NEURONS
ONLY DRUG IN THE SELECTIVE ALDOSTERONE BLOCKER GROUP
FIRST-LINE DRUG FOR TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION AND HEART FAILURE
HORMONE/ENZYME THAT CONVERTS ANGIOTENSINOGEN TO ANGIOTENSIN 1, A POTENT VASOCONSTRICTOR THAT RAISES BP
MOST OFTEN CAUSED BY ACE INHIBITORS
VASODILATORS THAT HELP REDUCE BP DY DILATING ARTERIES AND DECREASING SVR
USED IN THE ICU FOR SEVERE HYPERTENSIVE EMERGENCY-TITRATED
POTASSIUM-WASTING DIURETIC
BLOCK VASOCONSTRICTION AND THE SECRETION OF ALDOSTERONE