All about Drugs and Hypertension!

The aim of this website is to inform visitors about hypertension and how it is treated using drugs. Here you will find information about the different types of hypertension, and the different types of drugs that are used by doctors to treat it. 

About Hypertension

Hypertension is the terminology used describe high pressure in the blood. There are different types of hypertension, both essential (or primary) hypertension, and secondary hypertension. To find out more visit our page "About Hypertension".

Drugs for the treatment of Hypertension

Doctors often use drugs as an intervention to treat hypertension. These drugs are referred to as "antihypertensives". There are several classes of antihypertensives:

• Thiazide-type Diuretics
• ACE Inhibitors
• Antagonists for Adrenergic Receptors
• Calcium Channel Blockers

For more information on these, please visit our page "Drugs used to treat hypertension".

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