Types of Pressure
ACE inhibitors are used for: Controlling acute and chronic high blood pressure; Treating left ventricular dysfunction and heart failure; Preventing strokes; Preventing and treating kidney disease (nephropathy) in people with hypertension or diabetes; ACE inhibitors also improve survival after heart attacks.
Though alpha blockers are commonly used to treat high blood pressure, they're typically not the first treatment option. Instead, they're used in combination with other drugs, such as diuretics, when your high blood pressure is difficult to control.
Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) help relax your blood vessels, which lowers your blood pressure and makes it easier for your heart to pump blood. Angiotensin is a chemical in your body that affects your cardiovascular system in various ways, including narrowing your blood vessels.
Beta-blockers may not work as well for older people and for African-Americans. Doctors don't usually prescribe them for people with asthma, COPD, or breathing trouble or for those with very low blood pressure (hypotension), a type of heart rhythm problem called a heart block, or a slow pulse (bradycardia).
Calcium channel blockers prevent calcium from entering cells of the heart and blood vessel walls, resulting in lower blood pressure. Calcium channel blockers, also called calcium antagonists, relax and widen blood vessels by affecting the muscle cells in the arterial walls.
Central-acting agents are also called central adrenergic inhibitors, central alpha agonists and central agonists. Several central-acting agents are available. Which one is best for you depends on your health and the condition being treated.
Diurectics are often the first medication to try for high blood pressure (hypertension). They help your body get rid of extra water and salt. What should you know about taking them?
Taking this medicine (methyldopa tablets) within 14 days of those drugs can cause very bad high blood pressure. If you take an iron product by mouth. This is not a list of all drugs or health problems that interact with this medicine (methyldopa tablets).