A 35-year-old member asked:
What are some drugs you take for high blood pressure aka hypertension?
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Dr. Calvin Weisbergeranswered
53 years experience
BP drugs: families of BP drugs include diuretics, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, ACE inhibitors, ARBlockers, alpha blockers and others
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A 32-year-old member asked:
What are some medications you take for high blood pressure aka hypertension?
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Dr. Yash Khannaanswered
Family Medicine 59 years experience
Many Groups: There are many groups of different meds which work the same way.Iwill list the groups and one or two exaples
1Beta Blockers like Atenolol and propranolol
2ACE iNIBITERS like Lisnopril and Caotopril
3Calcium Channel Blockers like Amlodipin and Cardizem
4 Angiotensin Receptor Blockers like Losartan and Valsartan
5 Peripheral Vasular Dilaters like Hydralazine&clonidin
6Renin Antagonist like Aliskiren
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A member asked:
I have a high blood pressure is there a way to decrease it ? I don't want to take the drug
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Dr. Ira Friedlanderanswered
Cardiac Electrophysiology 44 years experience
Extreme weight loss: and complete reduction in salt intake could probably lower your blood pressure unless it is extremely high. It will be a lot more comfortable, convenient and effective to take the medications.
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A 52-year-old member asked:
What is the exact definition for high blood pressure or hypertension?
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Dr. Kenneth Chenganswered
Family Medicine 33 years experience
>140/90 or >130/85: Hypertension is when your blood pressure is >140/90, unless one has heart disease or diabetes, in which case the blood pressure should be <130/85.
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A 49-year-old female asked:
What's the difference between high blood pressure and hypertension?
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Dr. Gerald Neuberganswered
Cardiology 40 years experience
Almost same: High BP is a single reading that can go up temporarily from exercise, stress, pain or illness. Hypertension is a treatable diagnosis of repeated high BP readings > 140/90 without acute stress. Other than that they are often used to mean the same thing.
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