Cardio Vascular Drugs

Question 1

name the 4 sympatholytic drugs that are used to treat hypertension

Answer 1

clonidine, metoprolol, propranolol, prazosin

Question 2

name the 2 vasodilators used to treat hypertension

Answer 2

sodium nitroprusside

verapamil

Question 3

name the ACE inhibitors used to treat hypertension

Answer 3

enalapril

Question 4

name the At1 receptor antagonist that treat hypertension?

Answer 4

losartan

Question 5

name the 2 diuretics used to treat hypertension or congestive heart failure.

Answer 5

hydrochlorothiazide

furosemide

Question 6

what 5 categories of drugs can be used to treat hypertension

Answer 6

sympatholytics
vasodilators
ace inhibitors
At1-antagonist
diuretics

Question 7

Name the two types of drugs used to treat angina, and two examples of each.

Answer 7

vasodilators: nitroglycerin, verapamil
sympatholytics: propranolol, metroprolol

Question 8

NAme the 5 kinds of drugs that can be used to treat congestive heart failure

Answer 8

sympatholytics 
vasodilators
ace inhibitors
diuretics
cardiac glycosides

Question 9

name the two sympatholytics used to treat congestive heart failre

Answer 9

metoprolol,

propranolol

Question 10

name the vasodilators used to treat congestive heart failure

Answer 10

nitroglycerine

Question 11

name the ACE inhibitor used to treat congestive heart failure

Answer 11

enalapril

Question 12

name the cardicac glycoside used to treat congestive heart failure

Answer 12

digoxin

Question 13

what 4 categories of drugs can be used to treat arrhythimas?

Answer 13

sympatholytics (propranolol, metoprolol)
Na+ channel blockers (quinidine, lidocaine)
K+ channel blocker (amiodarone)
Ca+ channel blocker (verapamil)

Question 14

what drug is an alpha2 agonist?

Answer 14

clonidine

Question 15

which drug is an alpha1 antagonist?

Answer 15

prazosin

Question 16

which drug is a beta1 antagonist, and which is a beta1 and 2 antagonist?

Answer 16

beta1: metoprolol,
both: propranolol

Question 17

which two drugs cause NO -> cGMP?

Answer 17

sodium nitroprusside

and nitroglycerine

Question 18

what drug decrease Ca2+ conductance?

Answer 18

verapamil

Question 19

what does enalapril do?

Answer 19

its an ACE inhibitor

Question 20

which drug is an AT1 receptor antagonist?

Answer 20

losartan?

Question 21

what does hydrochlorothiazide do? And name another drug that does the same

Answer 21

^ Na+ and H2O excretion, just like furosemide

Question 22

what is digoxin?

Answer 22

its an Na+/K+ ATPase inhibitor

Question 23

name do drugs that decrease Na+ conductance

Answer 23

quinidine and lidocaine

Question 24

what does aminodarone do?

Answer 24

decreases K+ conductance