List of cardiac pharmaceutical agents

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The following are medications commonly prescribed cardiac pharmaceutical agents. The specificity of the following medications is highly variable, and often are not particularly specific to a given class. As such, they are listed as are commonly accepted.

• pharmaceuticals that are used to suppress abnormally fast rhythms (tachycardias), such as atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia and ventricular tachycardia
  .
  • Type I (sodium channel blockers)
    • Type Ia
      • Ajmaline
      • Procainamide
      • Quinidine
    • Type Ib
      • Lidocaine
      • Phenytoin
    • Type Ic
      • Encainide
      • Flecainide
      • Propafenone
  • Type II (beta blockers)
    • Bisoprolol
    • Carvedilol
    • Metoprolol
    • Propranolol
  • Type III (potassium channel blockers)
    • Amiodarone
    • Dofetilide
    • Sotalol
  • Type IV (slow calcium channel blockers)
    • Diltiazem
    • Verapamil
  • Type V
    • Adenosine
    • Digoxin
• antihypertensives that work by causing relaxation of blood vessels as well as a decrease in blood volume, which leads to lower blood pressure and decreased oxygen demand from the heart
  .
  • Benazepril
  • Captopril
  • Enalapril
  • Fosinopril
  • Lisinopril
  • Moexipril
  • Perindopril
  • Quinapril
  • Ramipril
  • Trandolapril
• Alpha blockers:
  • doxazosin
  • chlorpromazine
  • phentolamine
  • indoramin
  • phenoxybenzamine
  • prazosin
  • terazosin
  • tolazoline
  • urapidil
• sodium retention effects of renin–angiotensin system
  .
  • Azilsartan medoxomil
  • Candesartan
  • Eprosartan
  • Fimasartan
  • Irbesartan
  • Losartan
  • Olmesartan
  • Telmisartan
  • Valsartan
• Beta blocker
  • Acebutolol
  • Atenolol
  • Betaxolol
  • Bisoprolol
  • Carteolol
  • Carvedilol
  • Esmolol
  • Labetalol
  • Metoprolol
  • Nadolol
  • Nebivolol
  • Oxprenolol
  • Penbutolol
  • Pindolol
  • Propranolol
  • Sotalol
  • Timolol
• Mixed Alpha + Beta blockers:
  • bucindolol
  • carvedilol
  • labetalol
  • clonidine (indirectly)
• Calcium channel blockers
  • dihydropyridines
    :
    • amlodipine
    • barnidipine
    • cilnidipine
    • clevidipine
    • felodipine
    • isradipine
    • lercanidipine
    • levamlodipine
    • nicardipine
    • nifedipine
    • nimodipine
    • nisoldipine
    • nitrendipine
  • non-dihydropyridines
    • diltiazem
    • verapamil
• Antimineralocorticoid
  • Eplerenone
  • Finerenone
  • Spironolactone
• Antiplatelet drug
  • Abciximab
  • Aspirin
  • Cangrelor
  • Clopidogrel
  • Eptifibatide
  • Prasugrel
  • Ticagrelor
  • Tirofiban
• Anticoagulant
  • Apixaban
  • Bivalirudin
  • Dabigatran
  • Edoxaban
  • Enoxaparin
  • Heparin
  • Rivaroxaban
  • Warfarin
• Fibrinolytics
  • Alteplase
  • Streptokinase
  • Urokinase
• Diuretics
  • Loop diuretics:
    • bumetanide
    • ethacrynic acid
    • furosemide
    • torsemide
  • Thiazide diuretics:
    • epitizide
    • hydrochlorothiazide and chlorothiazide
    • bendroflumethiazide
    • methyclothiazide
    • polythiazide
  • Thiazide-like diuretics:
    • indapamide
    • chlorthalidone
    • metolazone
    • Xipamide
    • Clopamide
  • Potassium-sparing diuretics
    :
    • amiloride
    • triamterene
    • spironolactone
    • eplerenone

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