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antihypertensive /an·ti·hy·per·ten·sive/ (-ten´siv) counteracting high blood pressure, or an agent that does this.
Antihypertensive Used to describe drugs or treatments designed to control hypertension, or high blood pressure. Mentioned in: Hyperaldosteronism antihypertensive, n a medicine or substance that reduces blood pressure. antihypertensive acting to reduce tension; in medical terms, usually referring to elevated blood pressure. Drugs used for this purpose include diuretics, ß-adrenergic antagonists, and vasodilators. |
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11) Warfarin (Coumadin ([parallel])), digoxin, and mibefradil (an antihypertensive drug now removed from the market) have been reported to interact with statins in cases of rhabdomyolysis. Notable examples include nerve damage among individuals homozygous for some variants of the N-acetyltransferase 2 gene ("slow acetylators") given isoniazid as an antituberculosis therapy, hemolytic anemia among glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient patients given aminoquinoline antimalarial drugs, and varied rates of biotransformation of debrisoquine, an antihypertensive drug, due to genetic variation at the CYP2D6 locus (Weber 1997). The risk of myocardial infarction associated with antihypertensive drug therapies. |
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