Drug Category

Question 0

Anticoagulant

Answer 0

Drugs used to inhibit the clotting of blood

Question 1

Antiarrhytmic

Answer 1

Cardiovascular drugs which helps restore heart rhythm to a regular cycle

Question 2

Antianginal agents

Answer 2

Any drug used to treat angina, a symptom of ischemic heart disease. Angina is a feeling of tightness, heaviness or pain in the chest caused by lack of oxygen in the muscular wall of the heart

Question 3

Ace inhibitor

Answer 3

Lower BP by inhibiting angiotensin converting enzyme and are useful in treating CHF. As well as preventing kidney damage in hypertensive or diabetic people

Question 4

Calcium Channel Blockers

Answer 4

Lower BP by blocking calcium and as a result relax the heart muscles and the muscles of the blood vessel walls

Question 5

Vasodilators

Answer 5

Lower BP by relaxing the blood vessel wall

Question 6

Cardiotonics

Answer 6

Drugs which promotes the muscle tone or contractility of the heart

Question 7

Diuretics

Answer 7

Aka- hypertensives
Drugs which increase the production of urine which reduces the volume of fluid in the body and aids in lowering the PT’s BP

Question 8

Beta Blockers

Answer 8

Lower BP by decreasing the heart rate through blocking the absorption of adrenalin