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Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Antihypertensive drug
Antihypertensive drug
The antihypertensives are a class of drugs that are used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure). Evidence suggests that reduction of the blood pressure by 5 mmHg can decrease the risk of stroke by 34%, of ischaemic heart disease by 21%, and reduce the likelihood of dementia, heart failure, and mortality from cardiovascular disease. There are many classes of antihypertensives, which lower blood pressure by different means; among the most important and most widely used are the thiazide diuretics, the ACE inhibitors, the calcium channel blockers, the beta blockers, and the angiotensin II receptor antagonists or ARBs...
Antihypertensive drug - List of case studies
- Drugs
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(warfarin Anticonvulsants Antihistamines Antihypertensive drug Antiphlogistic medication Antipsychotic medications ...
- Vitamin D Abnormality / Parathyroid Hormone Abnormality
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urination in women. Cardizem - a good drug for coronary patients is relatively mild antihypertensive drug. Clonidine (which I ...
- Hypertensive Patient with mostly uncontrolled Blood Pressure
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Cardizem - a good drug for coronary patients is relatively mild antihypertensive drug. - Clonidine ...
- Treatments
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(IA) filters Antiglicemic treatment Antihypertensive therapy Antiparkinsonian drugs Antiparkinsonian ... Beta interferons Beta-adrenergic blocking drug Beta-blocker BiPap Bicycle riding Bio-chemotherapy ... Double transfer Drainage procedure Drug eluting tent (DES) Drug therapy Duodenal drainage Dynamic ...
- Ischemic Heart Disease
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gout, or hyperlipidemia? Does the patient have any drug allergies? Does the patient smoke (or is there a history of tobacco use)? ... which may or may not include a beta-adrenergic blocking drug if ischemia is confirmed. With regard to the specific questions ...