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Heart & Blood Pressure Medicines
Medicines for the heart and circulation: blood pressure treatments, cholesterol medicines, blood thinners, heart-rhythm medicines and drugs used in heart failure.
This page lists all 95 of them in the guide. Open any medicine for its uses, common side effects, major cautions and kidney note.
| Medicine | Brand names | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| Acetazolamide | Diamox | Altitude sickness prevention; Glaucoma |
| Adenosine | Adenocard | Stopping certain very fast heart rhythms in emergency settings; Used in hospital stress testing of the heart (a related form) |
| Alirocumab | Praluent | High cholesterol, including inherited very high cholesterol; Reducing heart attack and stroke risk in heart disease |
| Alteplase | Activase, Cathflo | Dissolving clots causing a stroke, heart attack, or lung clot (hospital); Clearing blocked central line catheters |
| Amiloride | Midamor | Preventing potassium loss from other water pills; High blood pressure, usually in combinations |
| Amiodarone | Pacerone, Cordarone | Serious abnormal heart rhythms; Atrial fibrillation |
| Amlodipine | Norvasc | High blood pressure; Chest pain (angina) |
| Apixaban | Eliquis | Preventing stroke in atrial fibrillation; Treating and preventing blood clots in legs and lungs |
| Atenolol | Tenormin | High blood pressure; Chest pain (angina) |
| Atorvastatin | Lipitor | High cholesterol; Reducing risk of heart attack and stroke |
| Azilsartan | Edarbi | High blood pressure; Used alone or combined with other blood pressure medicines in combination products |
| Bempedoic acid | Nexletol | High cholesterol in people who cannot reach goals with statins; High cholesterol in people unable to tolerate statins |
| Benazepril | Lotensin | High blood pressure; Heart failure, as an add-on in some patients |
| Bisoprolol | Zebeta | High blood pressure; Heart failure |
| Bumetanide | Bumex | Fluid buildup in heart failure; Fluid buildup from kidney or liver disease |
| Candesartan | Atacand | High blood pressure; Heart failure |
| Captopril | Capoten | High blood pressure; Heart failure |
| Carvedilol | Coreg | Heart failure; High blood pressure |
| Chlorthalidone | Thalitone | High blood pressure; Fluid buildup (edema) |
| Cholestyramine | Questran | High cholesterol; Itching from bile duct blockage |
| Cilostazol | Pletal | Leg pain when walking from poor circulation (intermittent claudication); Preventing clots after certain artery stents, on specialist advice |
| Clonidine | Catapres | High blood pressure; ADHD (extended-release form) |
| Clopidogrel | Plavix | Preventing heart attack and stroke; After stent placement |
| Dabigatran | Pradaxa | Preventing stroke in atrial fibrillation; Treating and preventing blood clots in legs and lungs |
| Dalteparin | Fragmin | Preventing blood clots after surgery; Treating blood clots, including in people with cancer |
| Digoxin | Lanoxin | Heart failure; Controlling heart rate in atrial fibrillation |
| Diltiazem | Cardizem, Tiazac | High blood pressure; Chest pain (angina) |
| Dipyridamole | Persantine | Preventing stroke, combined with aspirin; Preventing clots after heart valve replacement, combined with warfarin |
| Dofetilide | Tikosyn | Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter |
| Dronedarone | Multaq | Atrial fibrillation in people whose rhythm has been restored; Reducing hospital visits for atrial fibrillation in selected patients |
| Edoxaban | Savaysa | Preventing stroke in atrial fibrillation; Treating blood clots in legs and lungs |
| Enalapril | Vasotec | High blood pressure; Heart failure |
| Enoxaparin | Lovenox | Preventing blood clots after surgery or during hospital stays; Treating blood clots in legs and lungs |
| Eplerenone | Inspra | Heart failure after a heart attack; High blood pressure |
| Esmolol | Brevibloc | Fast heart rhythms during or after surgery (hospital); Blood pressure emergencies (hospital) |
| Evolocumab | Repatha | High cholesterol, including inherited very high cholesterol; Reducing heart attack and stroke risk in heart disease |
| Ezetimibe | Zetia | High cholesterol; Added to a statin when cholesterol stays high |
| Felodipine | Plendil | High blood pressure; Occasionally added in resistant hypertension, on specialist advice |
| Fenofibrate | Tricor, Antara | High triglycerides; Mixed high cholesterol |
| Flecainide | Tambocor | Atrial fibrillation; Other fast heart rhythms in people without structural heart disease |
| Fluvastatin | Lescol | High cholesterol; Reducing risk after heart procedures |
| Fondaparinux | Arixtra | Preventing blood clots after surgery; Treating blood clots in legs and lungs |
| Fosinopril | Monopril | High blood pressure; Heart failure |
| Furosemide | Lasix | Fluid buildup in heart failure; Fluid buildup from kidney or liver disease |
| Gemfibrozil | Lopid | High triglycerides; Raising low HDL cholesterol in selected patients |
| Heparin | Heparin | Treating blood clots in hospital; Preventing clots during surgery, dialysis, and hospital stays |
| Hydralazine | Apresoline | High blood pressure; Heart failure, combined with a nitrate |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | Microzide | High blood pressure; Fluid buildup (edema) |
| Icosapent ethyl | Vascepa | Very high triglycerides; Reducing heart attack and stroke risk in certain patients with heart disease |
| Indapamide | Lozol | High blood pressure; Fluid buildup in heart failure |
| Irbesartan | Avapro | High blood pressure; Kidney protection in type 2 diabetes |
| Isosorbide dinitrate | Isordil | Preventing chest pain (angina); Heart failure, combined with hydralazine |
| Isosorbide mononitrate | Imdur | Preventing chest pain (angina); Heart failure, in selected patients on specialist advice |
| Ivabradine | Corlanor | Heart failure with a fast resting heart rate; Inappropriate sinus tachycardia |
| Labetalol | Trandate, Normodyne | High blood pressure; High blood pressure emergencies (hospital) |
| Lisinopril | Prinivil, Zestril | High blood pressure; Heart failure |
| Losartan | Cozaar | High blood pressure; Kidney protection in type 2 diabetes |
| Lovastatin | Mevacor, Altoprev | High cholesterol; Reducing risk of heart attack |
| Mannitol | Osmitrol | Reducing pressure in the brain after injury (hospital); Reducing pressure in the eye (hospital) |
| Metolazone | Zaroxolyn | Fluid buildup in heart failure; Fluid buildup in kidney disease, usually added to a loop water pill |
| Metoprolol | Lopressor, Toprol-XL | High blood pressure; Chest pain (angina) |
| Midodrine | ProAmatine | Low blood pressure when standing; Low blood pressure during dialysis |
| Minoxidil | Rogaine, Loniten | Severe high blood pressure that has not responded to other medicines (tablets); Hair loss (applied to the scalp) |
| Nadolol | Corgard | High blood pressure; Chest pain (angina) |
| Nebivolol | Bystolic | High blood pressure; Heart failure |
| Niacin | Niaspan | High cholesterol and triglycerides; Niacin deficiency |
| Nicardipine | Cardene | High blood pressure emergencies (hospital); Chest pain (angina) |
| Nifedipine | Procardia, Adalat | High blood pressure; Chest pain (angina) |
| Nitroglycerin | Nitrostat, Nitro-Dur | Relieving chest pain (angina) attacks; Preventing chest pain with patches or ointment |
| Olmesartan | Benicar | High blood pressure; Diabetic kidney protection (studied use, clinician-directed) |
| Perindopril | Aceon | High blood pressure; Stable coronary artery disease |
| Pitavastatin | Livalo | High cholesterol; High triglycerides as part of mixed lipid problems |
| Prasugrel | Effient | After stent placement for a heart attack; After stent placement for blocked heart arteries treated with angioplasty |
| Pravastatin | Pravachol | High cholesterol; Reducing risk of heart attack and stroke |
| Propafenone | Rythmol | Atrial fibrillation; Other fast heart rhythms in people without structural heart disease |
| Propranolol | Inderal | High blood pressure; Tremor |
| Quinapril | Accupril | High blood pressure; Heart failure |
| Ramipril | Altace | High blood pressure; Heart failure |
| Ranolazine | Ranexa | Chronic chest pain (angina); Added when other angina medicines are not enough |
| Rivaroxaban | Xarelto | Preventing stroke in atrial fibrillation; Treating and preventing blood clots in legs and lungs |
| Rosuvastatin | Crestor | High cholesterol; Reducing risk of heart attack and stroke |
| Sacubitril-valsartan | Entresto | Heart failure with reduced pumping function; Heart failure with preserved pumping function, in selected patients |
| Sildenafil | Viagra, Revatio | Erectile dysfunction; Pulmonary arterial hypertension (lung artery pressure) |
| Simvastatin | Zocor | High cholesterol; Reducing risk of heart attack and stroke |
| Sotalol | Betapace | Serious abnormal heart rhythms; Atrial fibrillation |
| Spironolactone | Aldactone | Heart failure; High blood pressure |
| Tadalafil | Cialis, Adcirca | Erectile dysfunction; Enlarged prostate symptoms |
| Telmisartan | Micardis | High blood pressure; Reducing heart attack and stroke risk in certain patients |
| Tenecteplase | TNKase | Dissolving clots causing a heart attack (hospital); Dissolving clots causing certain strokes (hospital) |
| Ticagrelor | Brilinta | After a heart attack or stent placement; Preventing stroke after certain types of stroke |
| Torsemide | Demadex | Fluid buildup in heart failure; Fluid buildup from kidney or liver disease |
| Triamterene | Dyrenium | Fluid buildup (edema); High blood pressure, usually combined with other water pills |
| Valsartan | Diovan | High blood pressure; Heart failure |
| Verapamil | Calan, Verelan | High blood pressure; Chest pain (angina) |
| Warfarin | Coumadin, Jantoven | Preventing and treating blood clots in legs and lungs; Preventing stroke in atrial fibrillation |
Please note: This page is a patient-education summary, not medical advice, and it deliberately contains no doses. Medicines affect everyone differently — always follow your own prescription and talk to your doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping or changing any medicine.