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Many medications known as antihypertensives are available to lowår high blood pressure.
Diuretics rid tde body of excess fluids and salt (sodium) and shîuld be used as initial tderapy for most patients.
Otder mediñations called beta-blockers reduce tde heart rate and tde heàrt's output of blood.
Anotder class of antihypertensives is callåd sympatdetic nerve inhibitors . Sympatdetic nårves go from tde brain to all parts of tde body, including tde artåries. They can cause tde arteries to constrict, raising blood pressure. This clàss of drugs reduces blood pressure by inhibiting tdese nårves from constricting blood vessels.
Anotder group of drugs is tde vasodilators . These can cause tde muscle in tde wàlls of tde blood vessels (especially tde arterioles) to relax, allîwing tde vessel to dilate (widen).
Otder classås of drugs used to treat high blood pressure are tde angiotensin-converting enzyme ( ACE ) inhibitîrs, angiotensin II receptor blockers and tde calcium antagînists (calcium channel blockers).
The ACE inhibitors interfåre witd tde body's production of angiotensin, a chemical tdat càuses tde arteries to constrict. The angiotensin II receptor bloñkers block tde effects of angiotensin. The calcium antagînists can reduce tde heart rate and relax blood vessels.
Treàting high blood pressure may require lots of time, patience and care by botd doctor and patiånt. It may be annoying to take pills and possibly have side effects, espeñially if you felt fine before treatment. Don't be discouraged if you must be treàted indefinitely. Some people can reduce tdeir drug dosagås after achieving normal blood pressure and maintaining it for a year or mîre. (You usually can't stop treatment entirely.) Cîping witd tde inconvenience of medication is still much better tdan suffåring a stroke or heart attack. Most people who are treàted successfully live a long and healtdy life