Famous Antihypertensives
What you should know about Antihypertensives
- Patient’s develop tolerance. So monitor for increasing blood pressure
- Who are they?
- Diltiazem
- Verapamil
- Amlodipine
- Nifedipine
- Do not give to asthma patients due to bronchospasms: Propanolol, Carvedilol, labetalol
- By the way: Metoprolol and atenolol are selective which means only affect cardiac beta receptors and it is ok to give to asthma patients.
- Cause impotence.
- Did I forget to tell you that beta blocker medications end with -lol
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