If you’ve wholeheartedly made lifestyle changes trying to reduce your high blood pressure and it doesn’t seem to be working, you may need high blood pressure medication. Numerous drugs exist for high blood pressure, but you need to meet with your doctor to discuss what medicine is right for you. Drugs for high blood pressure fall into several classes:
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors: Lower blood pressure by blocking formation of a key hormone, angiotensin II, which both narrows arteries and causes release of another blood-pressure-raising hormone
Angiotensin II receptor blockers: Lower blood pressure by preventing angiotensin II from attaching to a site
Beta blockers: Lower blood pressure by decreasing the amount of blood pumped by the heart and by lowering the heart rate
Calcium-channel blockers: Lower blood pressure by preventing calcium from entering cells, thus increasing the size of arteries
Diuretics: Lower blood pressure by causing salt loss in the urine with accompanying body water, thereby reducing blood volume and pressure
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