Brand name | Generic |
Cardura | Doxazosin |
Minizide | Prazosin |
Aldomet | Methyldopa |
Catapres | Clonidine |
Apresoline | Hydralazine |
Lonitrin | Minoxidil |
Rogaine | Minoxidil |
Drug of choice for pulmonary hypertension | Apresoline |
This medication is rarely used but is still one of the drugs of choice for pregnancy induced hypertension | Aldomet(Methyldopa) |
Alpha 1 adrenergic blockers agents | Sympathetic nervous system, vasoconstriction |
Alpha II agonists and other centrally acting drugs | Vasodilation |
Direct vasodilator | Peripheral vasodilators |
Peripheral vasodilators | Act outside the brain to relax the muscle of blood vessels this widens a vessel and decreases blood pressure |
Centrally acting agents | Decreases the passage of nerve impulses along certain brain pathways this in turn relaxes the blood vessels in the body and decreases blood pressure |
Alpha blockers | Black response of blood vessel to nerve stimulation this results in decreased constriction of blood vessels which in turn lowers blood pressure |
What two ways do antihypertensive drugs act | Reducing the cardiac output or the PVR |
What blood pressure range is considered overly hypertensive | 140 over 90 mmHg |
"two out of three guidelines give a low-dose _____ as the first choice of most uncomplicated patience | Diuretic |
What is the first line therapy for hypertensive patients with heart failure | Ace inhibitors and diuretics |
Apresoline should be avoided in there is present in patient | Myocardial ischemia myocardial infarction aortic dissection intracranial process |
What drug does not reduce systemic vascular resistance | Beta blockers |