07/08/2026
āĻšāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻžāϰāĻā§āύāĻļāύā§āϰ āϰā§āĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻ āĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āϧ⧠Amlodipine, Losartan?
āĻāϏāϞ⧠āύāĻž, Antihypertensive-āĻāϰ āĻ
āύā§āĻāĻā§āϞ⧠Class āĻāĻā§, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĨ¤
āĻāϞā§āύ āĻāĻ āύāĻāϰ⧠āĻĻā§āĻā§ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ:
ā§§) ACE Inhibitors
Angiotensin II āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāϰ⧠blood vessel relax āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύāĻ Ramipril, Enalapril, Perindopril
⧍) ARBs
Angiotensin II-āĻā§ receptor-āĻ bind āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ vasodilation āĻāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύāĻ Losartan, Telmisartan, Olmesartan
ā§Š) Calcium Channel Blockers
Vascular smooth muscle-āĻ calcium entry āĻāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ vessel relax āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύāĻ Amlodipine, Nifedipine | Diltiazem, Verapamil
ā§Ē) Beta Blockers
Heart rate āĻ cardiac output āĻāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ BP āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύāĻ Atenolol, Metoprolol, Bisoprolol
ā§Ģ) Diuretics
Kidney āĻĨā§āĻā§ Sodium āĻ Water excretion āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ blood volume āĻāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύāĻ Hydrochlorothiazide, Indapamide (Thiazide); Furosemide (Loop); Spironolactone (Potassium-sparing)
ā§Ŧ) Alpha Blockers
Peripheral vascular resistance āĻāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ BP āĻāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύāĻ Prazosin, Doxazosin
ā§) Central Acting Agents
Brainstem-āĻ sympathetic outflow āĻāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ BP āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύāĻ Methyldopa (Pregnancy-āϤ⧠preferred), Clonidine
āĻāĻā§āϞ⧠BP āĻāĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϞā§āĻ, mechanism āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻā§ combination āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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