Antihyperintensive Drugs Flashcards
What condition caused by genetic factors, low birth weight, environmental factors, diabetes, drugs and kidney/cardio disease affects at least 1 in 4 adults?
Hypertension
Hypertension is a sustained systolic BP over ? or sustained diastolic BP over ? mmHg
140/90
Why would having kidney/cv disease cause hypertension?
Can’t maintain electrolyte balance
Why would diabetes cause hypertension?
Increase in circulating fats = constricts arteries
Hypertension is high blood pressure, which damages blood vessels. What 3 major things can this result in?
(Think vessels in brain, coronary blood vessels and pain in limbs)
Stroke
Ischemic Heart Disease
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Blood Pressure = ? x ?
BP = cardiac output x total peripheral resistance
Venous tone (diameter of vein) and blood volume (amount to pump) determines what?
Cardiac Output.
What is cardiac output?
Heart rate and volume of blood pumped out of heart
What is the initial treatment strategy for hypertension?
LIFESTYLE
REDUCE weight, salt, alcohol, smoking, fatty foods, caffiene
MORE exercise, fresh fruit/veg
What part of the brain controls blood pressure?
The medulla
What detects how much blood is flowing through the carotid sinus/aortic arch?
Baroreceptors
Baroreceptors tell the brainstem/medulla if blood pressure is too high. What does the medulla then do?
Tells the peripheral nervous system to dilate arterioles so that more blood can flow through. This reduces cardiac output by reducing TPR - once everything has normalised, the baroreceptors stop firing and everything calms down
Antihyperintensive drugs target the heart, brain and what 2 other targets?
Other than the heart and brain,
kidneys
blood vessels
What drugs target the kidneys, blood vessels, heart or brain to control blood pressure?
Hypertensive Drugs
Antihypertensive drugs - ABCD: What do they stand for?
ACE Inhibitors/Angiotensin Receptor Blockers
Beta Blockers
Calcium Channel Blockers
Diuretics
What does the kidney release as a response to low blood pressure?
Renin
What does renin do if it is released?
Releases A1. This converts to A2 in the blood stream which causes vasoconstriction and increases blood pressure.
A2 also causes the kidney to absorb more salt and water - this causes the release of aldosterone
What does the renin-angiotensin system want to achieve (in relation to BP)?
Vasoconstriction - to increase blood pressure
What is the name of the drug type that contain angiotensin converting enzyme?
ACE Inhibitors
What types of drugs are captopril, enalapril, trandolapril, ramipril and lisinopril?
ACE Inhibitors
(angiotenisin converting)
APRIL is an ACE month
What do ACE inhibitors do?
Block ACE, which causes vasodilation.
(ACE is what converts A1 to A2)
This means they reduce peripheral resistance and therefore blood pressure also reduces