Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Reducing or controlling high blood pressure.
- noun An antihypertensive drug.
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- noun an
agent thatprevents orcounteracts hypertension - adjective preventing or counteracting hypertension
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- noun a drug that reduces high blood pressure
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Examples
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Compared with similar patients who took dummy pills, those who took so-called antihypertensive medication cut their risk of stroke by 23 percent;
NYT > Home Page By RONI CARYN RABIN 2011
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In a report in the journal Stroke, Dr. Sylvie Perreault of McGill University, Montreal, and colleagues note that the benefits of blood pressure-lowering, or "antihypertensive," therapy on major cardiovascular outcomes have been demonstrated in clinical trials.
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The American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and American Medical Association have established specific goals for treatment that may require patients to take one or more antihypertensive medications to achieve the desired blood pressure readings.
Bruce A. Barron: Million Hearts Program and the New York Blood Center Bruce A. Barron 2011
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The fourth agent, pargyline has been used as an antihypertensive agent.
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The American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and American Medical Association have established specific goals for treatment that may require patients to take one or more antihypertensive medications to achieve the desired blood pressure readings.
Bruce A. Barron: Million Hearts Program and the New York Blood Center Bruce A. Barron 2011
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The American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and American Medical Association have established specific goals for treatment that may require patients to take one or more antihypertensive medications to achieve the desired blood pressure readings.
Bruce A. Barron: Million Hearts Program and the New York Blood Center Bruce A. Barron 2011
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She also advised people to seek professional guidance as Andrographis has potential interactions with anticoagulant, antihypertensive, immunosuppressant and hypoglycemic drugs.
Dr. Richard Palmquist: Science Rediscovers the Forgotten Herb Andrographis Dr. Richard Palmquist 2012
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Beta blockers are among the oldest classes of antihypertensive drugs.
Hyla Cass, M.D.: Is Your Medication Robbing You of Nutrients Part 2: Getting Specific M.D. Hyla Cass 2010
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She also advised people to seek professional guidance as Andrographis has potential interactions with anticoagulant, antihypertensive, immunosuppressant and hypoglycemic drugs.
Dr. Richard Palmquist: Science Rediscovers the Forgotten Herb Andrographis Dr. Richard Palmquist 2012
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To assess the impact of sibutramine on blood pressure and pulse rate, only patients (N = 10,025) who reported no change in the class of antihypertensive medication used and who did not report an increase in antihypertensive medication use were analysed.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Blood Pressure-Lowering Effects of Sibutramine 2009
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