Heart & Blood Pressure
Raised blood pressure, heart failure, angina, abnormal heart rhythm, fluid retention and pulmonary hypertension each have their own medicines, and many people need more than one problem addressed together. Which ones someone takes depends on which combination of problems they have.
Clonidine Tablets
0.1mg
Designed to support vascular tone modification to manage chronic hypertension and alleviate autonomic withdrawal symptoms.
Micardis Hct
Telmisartan, Hydrochlorothiazide
40mg + 12.5mg · 80mg + 12.5mg
Indicated to address resistant hypertension to relieve arterial tension and manage systemic fluid balance.
Diovan Hct
Valsartan, Hydrochlorothiazide
80mg + 12.5mg · 160mg + 12.5mg
Designed to support arterial pressure management to manage circulatory volume and alleviate peripheral vascular tension.
Apresoline
25mg
Indicated to address elevated blood pressure to manage vascular tone and relieve cardiac strain.
Nitroglycerin Capsules
0.5mg · 2.5mg · 6.5mg
Indicated to address acute chest pain to manage coronary oxygen balance and alleviate cardiac load.
Empagliflozin Tablets
10mg · 25mg
Intended to relieve elevated blood sugar to support glycaemic stability and target renal glucose clearance.
Zestoretic
Lisinopril, Hydrochlorothiazide
5mg + 12.5mg
Indicated to address hypertension to manage vascular tone and alleviate circulatory volume excess.
Ziac
Bisoprolol, Hydrochlorothiazide
5mg + 12.5mg
Developed to mitigate blood pressure parameters to support cardiovascular wellness and alleviate vascular resistance.
Benicar Hct
Olmesartan Medoxomil, Hydrochlorothiazide
40mg + 12.5mg
Intended to relieve stubborn hypertension to support lower vascular volume and target systemic blood pressure reduction.
Azor
Olmesartan Medoxomil, Amlodipine
20mg + 5mg · 40mg + 5mg
Designed to support arterial pressure management to manage vascular resistance and mitigate cardiac workload.
Tribenzor
Olmesartan Medoxomil, Amlodipine, Hydrochlorothiazide
20mg + 5mg + 12.5mg
Designed to support blood pressure management to manage vascular tone and alleviate cardiac workload.
Diltiazem Tablets
60mg · 120mg · 180mg
Developed to mitigate blood pressure levels and heart rate to support coronary artery flow and alleviate vascular load.
Moduretic
Amiloride, Hydrochlorothiazide
5mg + 50mg
Formulated to alleviate fluid volume excess to support cardiac workload reduction and target blood pressure stability.
Sorbitrate
5mg · 10mg
Formulated to alleviate coronary artery spasm to support heart muscle oxygen balance and target chest pain prevention.
Torsemide Tablets
10mg · 20mg
Intended to relieve extracellular fluid buildup to support blood pressure management and target loops of Henle.
Avalide
Irbesartan, Hydrochlorothiazide
162.5mg
Utilised to manage arterial pressure to alleviate ventricular resistance and support cardiovascular optimisation.
Edarbyclor
Azilsartan Medoxomil, Chlorthalidone
40mg + 12.5mg
Indicated to address severe hypertension to relieve arterial tension and manage systemic fluid balance.
Prazosin Capsules
5mg
Developed to mitigate elevated blood pressure to support vascular relaxation and alleviate postural arterial strain.
Prasugrel Tablets
5mg · 10mg
Formulated to alleviate coronary thrombosis risks to support post-angioplasty tissue safety and target platelet aggregation.
Endobloc T Kit
5mg + 20mg
Lower pulmonary artery pressure and improve exercise capacity in pulmonary arterial hypertension
Procoralan
5mg
Utilised for stable angina pectoris to support heart rate normalisation.
Vaseretic
Enalapril, Hydrochlorothiazide
10mg + 25mg
Product indicated to manage hypertension and developed to address high blood pressure by relaxing blood vessels and removing excess fluid.
Key points
- NICE’s Hypertension in adults: diagnosis and management guideline covers diagnosing hypertension, measuring blood pressure, assessing cardiovascular risk, and starting antihypertensive treatment in stages.
- NICE’s Recommendations | Chronic heart failure in adults: diagnosis and management guideline lists a diuretic, an ACE inhibitor or ARB, a beta blocker and a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist among heart failure medicines.
Medicines for high blood pressure
Brands here include ACE inhibitors such as Vasotec (enalapril), ARBs such as Cozaar (losartan), calcium-channel blockers such as Norvasc (amlodipine), beta blockers such as Tenormin (atenolol), and diuretics such as Lasix (furosemide). Combination tablets such as Exforge, Hyzaar and Zestoretic join two or three of these ingredient types into one tablet.
Medicines for heart failure, fluid retention and angina
Entresto contains sacubitril with valsartan, and Coreg (carvedilol), Aldactone (spironolactone) and Inspra (eplerenone) also treat heart failure, while torsemide and other diuretics manage related fluid retention. For angina, Imdur (isosorbide mononitrate), Ranexa (ranolazine) and Procoralan (ivabradine) each ease exertional chest pain differently.
Why Gutron and Letairis do not lower blood pressure like the rest
Most medicines above bring blood pressure down, but Gutron contains midodrine and treats low blood pressure on standing instead. Letairis (ambrisentan) and Endobloc T Kit treat pulmonary arterial hypertension, confined to the lungs rather than the wider circulation. Cordarone (amiodarone), Lanoxin (digoxin) and diltiazem-based tablets treat abnormal heart rhythms such as atrial fibrillation instead of blood pressure.
Nexletol also appears alongside these. It contains bempedoic acid and is used for high cholesterol rather than blood pressure, heart failure or rhythm problems.
Further reading
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