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I know that there isn't any antihypertensives drugs that target only the diastolic number but is there a particular type of meds that works best in isolated diastolic high blood pressure?

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Antihipertensives: the big majority of them work on both. probably the calcium channel blockers like amlodipine work better on the diastolic blood pressure

Answered 2/1/2020

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