Antihypertensive drugs are also known as anti-hypertensive drugs. They are a class of drugs that control blood pressure and are used to treat hypertension.

Antihypertensive drugs play a role in lowering blood pressure by affecting the sympathetic nervous system, the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and the endothelin system, which play an important role in the physiological regulation of blood pressure.

Chinese name

Blood pressure-lowering drugs

Foreign name

antihypertensive drugs

Alias

Antihypertensive drugs

Western antihypertensive

Diuretic antihypertensive

Diuretic antihypertensive

Thiazides: e.g. hydrochlorothiazide etc.

Diuretic antihypertensive drugs2

Potassium retention diuretics: aminopterin

Calcium antagonists

Short-acting dihydropyridines: nifedipine

Calcium antagonists2

Long-acting dihydropyridines: levothroid amlodipine

Calcium antagonists3

Non-dihydropyridines: diltiazem,

< p>Western antihypertensive drugs

1. Diuretic antihypertensive drugs:

(1) Thiazides: such as hydrochlorothiazide, etc.

(2) Potassium-trapping diuretics: amphotericin, amiloride

(3) Aldosterone antagonists: spironolactone, etc.

(4) Labeled diuretics: furosemide, etc.

2. Sympathomimetic depressant drugs

( 1) Central antihypertensive drugs: such as colistin, rimenidine, etc.

(2) Ganglion blocking drugs: such as camphor sulfadiazine.

(3) Noradrenergic nerve endings blocking drugs: such as rifampicin, guanethidine and so on.

(4) Adrenergic receptor blocking drugs: such as propranolol.

3. Renin-angiotensin system inhibitors

(1) Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors: such as perindopril (long-acting), captopril (short-acting) and so on.

(2) Angiotensin II receptor blocking drugs: such as chlorosartan candesartan.

(3) Renin inhibitors: such as remicilin.

4. Calcium antagonists:

(1) Dihydropyridines: nifedipine (short-acting), levamlodipine (long-acting), etc.[1][2]

(2) Non-dihydropyridines: diltiazem, verapamil, etc.[3]

5. Vasodilators: hydralazine and sodium nitroprusside.