Antihypertensives are medicines that help keep blood pressure within normal limits.
Examples of antihypertensive medicines are diuretics, beta-blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, and angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs).
| Author | Robin Parks, MS |
| Editor | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS |
| Editor | Marianne Flagg |
| Associate Editor | Terrina Vail |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman, MATC |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Robert A. Kloner, MD, PhD - Cardiology |
| Last Updated | August 25, 2008 |
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