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Antihypertensive Drugs

Antihypertensive drugs are medications used to lower elevated blood pressure and treat hypertension, a leading risk factor for stroke, heart attack, heart failure, and kidney disease. They comprise several classes that act through different mechanisms: diuretics promote the removal of sodium and water; calcium chann…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 10 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 38× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2328-0182 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Antihypertensive drugs are medications used to lower elevated blood pressure and treat hypertension, a leading risk factor for stroke, heart attack, heart failure, and kidney disease. They comprise several classes that act through different mechanisms: diuretics promote the removal of sodium and water; calcium channel blockers relax the muscle of blood vessel walls; angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers interrupt hormonal pathways that raise blood pressure; and beta blockers reduce the heart's workload. These agents are often combined to achieve target blood pressure, with therapy individualized to the patient's overall risk, coexisting conditions, and tolerance. Within the cardiovascular scope of this pharmaceutical-science journal and its allied heart-care titles, related peer-reviewed work has examined antihypertensive therapy and blood pressure management, including the efficacy and safety of a lercanidipine combination in hypertensive patients, the epidemiology and outcomes of hypertensive crisis, dipper and non-dipper blood pressure patterns in chronic kidney disease, and recommended standards for measuring blood pressure in research. These contributions reflect the field's focus on the pharmacological control of hypertension. This page gathers open-access, peer-reviewed research relevant to antihypertensive drugs and the clinical management of high blood pressure.

Research published in this journal

10 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2019

Hypertension Today: Role of Sports and Exercise Medicine

Stefani LauraCorresponding author
Sports and Exercise Medicine Unit-Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine University of Florence –Italy.
Exact topic Hypertension and Cardiology Cited by 11 doi:10.14302/issn.2329-9487.jhc-19-2714

How this research is being cited

The 10 articles above have been cited 38 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Antihypertensive Drugs, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Advanced Pharmaceutical Science And Technology (ISSN 2328-0182).

Journal editorial board
natalia malara · Italy Saba Khalilpour · Italy Haseeb Khan · United States

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