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Health Encyclopedia: Heart Attack And Acute Coronary Syndrome Medications

Medications

Thrombolytic, also called clot-busting or fibrinolytic, drugs are now mainstays in the early treatment of many patients with heart attacks. These drugs dissolve the clot, or thrombus, responsible for causing artery blockage and heart-muscle tissue death.

Specific Thrombolytics

The standard thrombolytic drugs are recombinant tissue plasminogen activators or rt-PAs. They include alteplase (Activase and reteplase (Retavase). Both are similar in effectiveness, although reteplase is easier t...

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Medications for Congestive Heart Failure

...almost always used in combination with other drugs such as ACE inhibitors and diuretics. They help slow heart rate and lower blood pressure. Research presented at the 2006 American College of... Read more »

Coronary Artery Disease: Other Medications

...(Coreg), bisoprolol (Zebeta), acebutolol (Sectral), atenolol (Tenormin), labetalol (Normodyne, Trandate), metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol-XL), and esmolol (Brevibloc). A nasal spray form of... Read more »

Treatment for Heart Attacks

...muscle changes that can occur after a heart attack. (Patients with very low blood pressure or severely slow heart rate will not receive nitroglycerin.)Morphine. Morphine not only relieves pain and... Read more »

High Blood Pressure: Classes of Medications

...Effects:FatigueDepression and irritabilityUrinary incontinenceReduced sexual driveBeta-BlockersBeta-blockers help slow heart rate and lower blood pressure. They are usually used in combination... Read more »

Medications Used for Migraine Prevention

...(Blocadren) have been approved specifically for prevention of migraine. Others that may be effective include metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol XL), and nadolol (Corgard).Side Effects. Side effects may... Read more »

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