Anti-HPN Drugs Flashcards
Sympatholytic: Alpha-adrenoceptor Antagonist
A. Alpha-adrenoceptor Antagonist - not recommended for initial treatment of hypertension
* Doxazosin
* Prazosin
* Terazosin
S/E: Reflex Tachycardia, Fluid Retention, Orthostatic HPN (first dose syncope)
Sympatholytic: Beta-adrenoceptor Antagonist
MOA: Blocks B1-receptors
Selective: Metoprolol, Atenolol
Non-Selective: Propranolol, Nadolol, Labetalol, Carvedilol
Use: Reduce HR, Contractility, renin secretion
Sympatholytic: Centrally-Acting Drugs
(+) Alpha-2 Agonists
- Clonidine (Catapres)
- Guanfacine
- Guanabenz
- Methyldopa (Aldomet®, Dopamet®) - converted first to ⍺-methyldopamine & ⍺-methylNE
Calcium Channel Blockers
i. Dihydropyridines (DHPs) - Vasoselective
* Nifedipine (Adalat®)
* Nimodipine (Nicardia®)
* Amlodipine (Norvasc®)
* Felodipine
ii. Non-DHPs - Antiangina, Antiarrhythmia
* Verapamil
* Diltiazem
MOA of Dihydropiridine CCBs
Block the L-type Ca channel in arteriolar smooth muscles
MOA of Non-DHP CCBs
Block the L-type Ca channel in arteriolar smooth muscles and myocardium
DOC for Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Nimodipine
A/Es of Dihydropiridines
Flushing
Gingival Hyperplasia
Reflex tachycardia
Peripheral edema
Cardioselective; greatest depressant effect in the heart amongst all CCBs
Verapamil
S/E: Constipation
DOC for Prinzmetal Angina
Verapamil + Trandolapril
Vasodilators
a. Arteriolar Vasodilators
* Hydralazine
* Minoxidil
* Diazoxide
b. Mixed Arteriolar/Venous dilators
* Na Nitroprusside
* Fenoldepam
Hydralazine MOA
Increases levels of Nitric
Oxide (endogenous vasodilator)
↑ NO ↑ cGMP. NO interacts with guanylate cyclase. GTP is thus converted
Hydralazine
Uses:
* Management of HTN specifically in pregnant wpmen with HTN crisis
* Adjunct in the management of CHF (with ISDN)
SE: Systemic Lupus Erythematous
Minoxidil
MOA: induce opening of K+ channel in the vascular/arteriol smooth muscles
Use: most efficacious but alternative only for HTN crisis
SE: Hirsutism, hypertrichosis
Diazoxide
MOA: same with minoxidil
Use: alternative for hypertensive crisis, Treatment of Insulinoma
SE: HyperGLU (metabolic related)