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What are the names of some medications you take for high blood pressure aka hypertension?

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What are the names of some medications/drugs you take for high blood pressure aka hypertension? This question is for someone who has hypertension.

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    May 18th, 2011 at 12:36 am

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    Furosemide, spironolactone, hydrochlorothiazide, cozaar.
    There are a ton of them.

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    May 18th, 2011 at 12:48 pm

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    Here’s a good list of drugs used for hypertension. It is categorized by drug class with some some common drugs in that class.

    Diuretics (aka water pills): hydrocholorothiazide, furosemide, bumentanide
    ACE-Inhibitor: Lisinopril, Enalapril, Captopril
    ARB: valsant, temisartan
    Beta-blockers: propanolol, metoprolol, atenolol
    Calcium Channel blockers: amlopidipine, verapamil, diltiazem
    Alpha-blocker: doxazozin
    Alpha-2-Agonist: clonidine
    Alpha & Beta Blocker: carvedilol, labetalol

    Hope this helps.

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