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pharm exam 2 def
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alpha blockers | Drugs that primarily cause arterial and venous dilation through their action on peripheral symptomatic neurons |
| Anti hypertensive drugs | Medications used to treat hypertension |
| Cardiac output | The amount of blood ejected from the left ventricle |
| Centrally acting angiogenic drugs | Drugs that modify the function of the sympathetic nervous system in the brain by stimulating A2 receptors A2 receptors are inhibitory in nature and thus have a reverse sympathetic effects and cause decreased blood pressure |
| Essential hypertension | Elevated systemic arterial blood pressure for which no cause can be found... Also called primary or idiopathic hypertension. |
| Hypertension | A common often asymptomatic disorder in which systolic blood pressure persistently it seeds 150MM HG and slash or dystonic pressure exceeds 90MM HG and patients over 60 years of age and 140 / 90 for patients younger than 60 and those who have chronic kidn |
| Orthostatic hypotension | A comment adverse effect of adrenic blocking drugs involving a sudden drop in blood pressure when a person changes positions especially blood pressure especially when rising from a seated or horizontal position |
| Pro drug | A drug that is inactive in its given form and must be metabolized to its active form in the body generally by the liver to be effective |
| Secondary hypertension | High blood pressure caused by another disease such as renal pulmonary endocrine or vascular disease |
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