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  1. Angiotensin receptor antagonists

    Angiotensin receptor antagonists are used to treat hypertension, diabetic nephropathy and congestive heart failure. As a group these drugs are termed 'sartans', and this forms the stem of their non-proprietary names.

    smaxwell - 10/10/2014 - 9:07am

  2. Calcium channel blocking drugs

    Calcium-channel blockers (CCBs) are prescribed to treat hypertension. These drugs interfere with the inward movement of calcium ions through the slow channels on the membranes of myocardial cells, AV node cells and vascular smooth muscle cells. The overall effect is to reduce myocardial contractility, formation and propagation of electrical impulses within the heart, and vascular tone.

    There is a wide variety of CCB medications available to prescribers, including single agent medicines and fixed-dose combination drugs.

    smaxwell - 10/10/2014 - 9:08am

  3. Cardiovascular peptides

    Many vasoactive peptides are implicated in vascular (patho)biology.

    efaccena - 07/03/2016 - 2:07pm