PH1 Flashcards
What is the best treatment available for hypertension?
Altering the body’s regulatory mechanism
Anti-Hypertensive drug Subclasses
- Angiotensin-Converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
- Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)
- Calcium Channel Blockers
- Vasodilators
Drugs used to increase the contractility of the heart muscles for patients experiencing heart failure
Cardiotonic Agets
Subclasses of Cardiotonic Agents
-Cardiac Glycoside
-Phosphodiesterase inhibitors
also known as Cardiac dysrhythmia medications
Antiarrhytmic agents
Group of pharmaceutical that are used to suppress abnormal rhythms of the heart, such as atrial fibliration, martial fluttr, ventricular tachycardia, and ventricular fibliration
Antiarrhytmic Agents
Classes of antiarrthymic agents
Class I
Class II
Class III
Class IV
Used to reduce ischemia by increasing the delivery of oxygen rich blood to cardiac tissues or by reducing oxygen consumption by the coronary vessels
Antianginal Agents
Subclasses of antianginal agents
-Nitrates and nitrites
-Beta blockers
-Calcium channel blockers
Lower serum levels of cholesterol and various lips. these includes bile acid sequestrants, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors and cholesterol absorption inhibitors
Lipid lowering agents
Subclasses of Lipid lowering agents
-Bile acid sequestrants
- HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors/statins
- Cholesterol absorption inhibitors
Drugs that affect coagulation. most dangerous drugs used today and numerous factors Cann affect their action . commonly associated with adverse drug reactions
Drugs affecting blood coagulation
Subclasses of drugs affecting blood coagulation
-anticoagulants
-Antiplalet drugs
-thrombolytic drugs
subclasses of drugs used to treat anemia
-erythropoieseis stimulating agents
-agents used for iron deficiency anemia
-agents used for other anemias
