Classes
Common side effects of this antihypertensive class include a persistent cough and angioedema.
What are ACE inhibitors?
Low heart rate and SOB may occur when taking this drug class.
What are beta-blockers?
The brand names for Clonidine.
What to do when a drug causes GI upset.
What is take with food?
This combination medication includes an ACE inhibitor and a thiazide.
What is Lisinopril/HCTZ (Zestoretic, Prinzide)?
All of the beta-blocker drugs. (Generic Name)
Hint: 5
Common side effects for Alpha-2 Agonists.
What are dry mouth, dry eyes, dizziness and headache?
The generic name for Intuniv and Tenex.
What is Guanfacine?
A general rule about how to take a missed dose.
What is "daily but not double"
The generic name of Cozaar.
What is Losartan?
The 6 classes of antihypertensives.
What are thiazides, CCBs, ACEs, ARBs, BBs, and A2As?
Common side effects for all antihypertensives.
What are dizziness, low BP, headache?
The non DHP drugs. (Generic and Brand)
[one example of each]
What are Verapamil (Calan, Isoptin, Verelan) and Diltiazem (Cardizem, Dilacor, DiltXR, Cartia, Tiazac)?
These two drug suffixes cannot be taken together.
What are "-prils" and "-sartans" ?
The brand names of Lisinopril.
What are Prinivil and Zestril?
These two drug classes cannot be taken together.
What are ACEs and ARBs?
These drugs can cause edema.
What are ACEs, ARBs, and CCBs?
The generic name for Thalitone.
What is chlorthalidone?
Abruptly stopping an antihypertensive drug can cause
What is rebound HTN?
This drug class has generics that end in "-sartan".
What are ARBs?
This drug class has generics that end in "-pril".
What are ACEs?
A side effect unique to ARBs.
What is upper resp. infection?
The DHP drugs. (generic and brand)
What are Amlodipine (Norvasc) and Nifedipine (Pro-Cardia, Nifedical, Adalat)?
This drug class can mask symptoms of hypoglycemia (except sweating)
What are beta blockers?
The generic name for Lopressor.
What is metoprolol tartrate?