Other medical conditions and the impact of high blood pressure medications
High blood pressure medications and their impact on other medical conditions
Drug class
Recommended if you have:
May need to avoid if you have:
Beta-blockers
- Coronary artery disease
- Chest pain (angina)
- Rapid heartbeat
- Heart failure (only if your condition is stable)
- Migraine
- Overactive thyroid
- Bradycardia or heart block
- Depression
- Impotence
- Asthma or emphysema
- Buildup of plaque in blood vessels that supply blood to the arms, legs, and other parts of the body (peripheral arterial disease)
Diuretics
- Heart failure
- Gout
ACE inhibitors
- Diabetes
- Heart failure
- Coronary artery disease
- Blockage of blood flow to the kidneys (renal artery stenosis)
- Pregnancy
- Angioedema
Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)
- Diabetes
- Heart failure
- Coronary artery disease
- Pregnancy
Calcium channel blockers
- Coronary artery disease
- Chest pain (angina)
- Rapid heartbeat
- Heart block/bradycardia
- Heart failure
- Pregnancy
Alpha-blockers
- Enlarged prostate and decreased urinary flow
- High cholesterol
- Low blood pressure upon standing
Other vasodilators
- Coronary artery disease
- Chest pain (angina)
- Heart failure
- Kidney failure
Centrally acting agents
- Psychiatric conditions
- Acute hepatitis
- Liver cirrhosis
| Author: | Carrie Henley Robin Parks, MS | Last Updated: July 30, 2007 |
| Medical Review: | Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional Cardiology Robert A. Kloner, MD, PhD - Cardiology Ruth Schneider, MPH, RD - Diet and Nutrition | |
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