Blood Pressure Medications: Understanding Your Options
In this video, cardiologists explain common types of medications for lowering blood pressure.
There are many different medications available to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). Your treatment plan may include one or more medication options based on your risk factors, as well as what other conditions you are living with.
In this video, learn about the most common medications used to treat high blood pressure. You can read more about choosing a blood pressure medication here.
- Rachel Bond, MD, FACCRachel Bond, MD, FACC, is a Cardiologist at Dignity Health and served as Associate Director of the Women's Heart Health Program at Northwell Health, Lenox Hill Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Cardiology at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine.
- Michelle Weisfelner Bloom, MD, FACC, FHFSADr. Bloom is a Cardiologist, an Associate Professor of Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center, a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Heart Failure Society of America.
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