Team 5 AM Antihypertensive Drugs by https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp Create a post explaining the everything you can remember about your assigned antihypertensive drug class, including a diagram or animation. en-us 2024-09-25 06:48:26 UTC 2025-01-30 23:04:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/8.0/png/1f914.png Instructions janjos3 https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3137404924 Welcome to our Antihypertensive Drugs Padlet! Please follow the instructions below to complete the activity. If you have any questions, please ask your instructor for help. • Add a post to the padlet with your assigned antihypertensive drug class • Include a clear, detailed explanation of how the drug works to lower blood pressure. Create a post explaining everything you can remember about your assigned antihypertensive drug class, including a diagram or animation. • Attach a diagram or animation that illustrates the drug's mechanism of action, primary contraindication or something that will make it memorable. • Be prepared to discuss the various mechanisms in class.

]]> 2024-09-25 06:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3137404924 Vasodilators (Hydralazine) janjos3 https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3137404930 Direct vasodilation of arterioles

]]> 2024-09-25 06:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3137404930 ACE https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138398180 Treats high blood pressure and heart failure by widening the walls of the blood vessels, preventing them from narrowing and keeping the muscles from tightening. Thus, allows greater blood flow to all organs.

]]> 2024-09-25 15:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138398180 Medications https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138403198 Examples of these medications include Benazepril or lisinopril.

]]> 2024-09-25 15:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138403198 Seven main categories of drugs to treat hypertension https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138407729

  • Diuretics

  • Adrenergic drugs

  • Vasodilators

  • Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors

  • Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs)

  • Calcium channel blockers (CCBs)

  • Direct renin inhibitors

    • ]]>     2024-09-25 15:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138407729     https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138410591 2024-09-25 15:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138410591 https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138412588 2024-09-25 15:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138412588 https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138413122 2024-09-25 15:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138413122 https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138426242 2024-09-25 15:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138426242 Side Effects https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138427229 Orthostatic HYPOtension

    Dizziness

    Angioedema

    Cough (dry)

    Elevated potassium (K+)

    ]]>     2024-09-25 15:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138427229     Patient Education https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138431092 Do not suddenly stop taking medication. If you do, it can lead to rebound hypertension !!! Change positions slowly & sit on sit of bed for a few minutes before standing (to prevent orthostatic hypotension)

    ]]>     2024-09-25 15:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138431092     Mechanism of Action (MOA) https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138436760 Inhibits ACE (which converts angiotension I to angiotension II). This results in blood vessels remaining dilated which keeps blood pressure under control. It also prevents secretion of aldosterone which causes our bodies to retain water and sodium making our blood pressure high.

    ]]>     2024-09-25 15:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138436760     Diuretics https://padlet.com/Airships/e1h0s54femfempkp/wish/3138440380 First-line antihypertensives in the JNC 8 guidelines for the treatment of hypertensionLoop diuretics. Three main types:


    • Potassium-sparing diuretics

    • Thiazides and thiazide-like diuretics

    • Loop diuretics

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