Notes on the various types of blood pressure medications: 

• Diuretics act on the kidneys to get rid of salt and on the blood vessels to reduce resistance.
• Beta-blockers lower blood pressure by slowing the heart and decreasing the force of cardiac contractions.
• Vasodilators act on the arteries to widen them.
• ACE inhibitors act as both vasodilators and diuretics by inhibiting the production of angiotensin, a powerful vasoconstictor hormone which also acts on the adrenal glands to keep more sodium in the body.

“Real” allopathic drugs used in the treatment of Hypertension:

• Accupril
• Acebutolol (Sectral)
• Adalat (Procardia)
• Adalat (Procardia)
• Aldactazide
• Aldactone
• Aldomet
• Altace
• Amiloride with HCl (Moduretic)
• Amlodipine (Norvasc)
• Amlodipine and Benzaepril Hcl (Lotrel)
• Atacand
• Atenolol (Tenormin)
• Atenolol with Chlorthalidone (Tenoretic)
• Avalide
• Avapro
• Benazepril (Lotensin)
• Calan
• Capoten
• Capozide
• Captopril (Capoten)
• Captopril W/ Hcl (Capozide)
• Cardene
• Cardizem
• Cardura
• Carvedilol (Coreg)
• Catapres
• Chlorothiazide (Diuril)
• Chlorthalidone (Hygroton)
• Clonidine (Catapres)
• Coreg
• Corgard
• Corzide
• Covera-hs (Calan)
• Cozaar
• Dilacor Sr (Cardizem)
• Diltiazem (Cardizem)
• Diovan
• Diavan Hct (Diovan)
• Diuril
• Doxazosin (Cardura)
• Dyazide
• Dynacirc
• Enalapril (Vasotec)
• Enalapril W/ Feloipine (Lexxel)
• Enalapril W/ Hydrochlorothiazide (Vaseretic)
• Esidrix (Hydrodiuril)
• Felodipine (Plendil)
• Fosinopril (Monopril)
• Furosemide (Lasix)
• Guanabenz (Wytensin)
• Guanfacine (Tenex)
• Hydrochlorothiazide (Hydrodiuril)
• Hydrochlorothiazide W/ Triamterene (Dyazide)
• Hydrodiuri
• Hygroton
• Hytrin
• Hyzaar
• Indapamide (Lozol)
• Inderal
• Inderide
• Irbesartan (Avapro)
• Isoptin (Calan)
• Isradipine (Dynacird)
• Labetalol (Normodyne)
• Lasix
• Lexxel
• Lisinopril (Zestril)
• Lisinopril W/ Hydrochlorothiazide (Zestoretic)
• Lopressor
• Losartan Potassium (Cozaar)
• Losartan Potassium W/ Hydrochlorothiazide (Hyzaar)
• Lotensin
• Lotrel
• Lozol
• Mavik
• Maxzide (Dyazide)
• Methyldopa (Aldomet)
• Metolazone (Zaroxolyn)
• Metoprolol (Lopressor)
• Minipress
• Moduretic
• Moexipril (Univasc)
• Moexipril W/ Hydrochlorothiazide (Uniretic)
• Monopril
• Mykrox (Zarololyn)
• Nadolol (Corgard)
• Nadolol W/ Bendroflumethiazide (Corgard)
• Nicardipine (Cardene)
• Nifedipine (Procardia)
• Nisoldipine (Sular)
• Norodyne
• Norvasc
• Pindolol (Visken)
• Plendil
• Prazosin (Minipress)
• Prinivil (Zestril)
• Prinizide (Zestoretic)
• Procardia
• Propranolol (Inderal)
• Propranolol W/ Hydrochlorothiazide (Inderide)
• Quinapril (Accupril)
• Ramipril (Altace)
• Reserpine, Hydralzaine, Hydrochlorothiazide (Ser-ap-es)
• Sectral
• Ser-ap-es
• Spironolactone (Aldactone
• Spironolactone W/ Hydrochlrothiazide (Aldactazide)
• Sular
• Tarka
• Tectuma
• Tenex
• Tenoretic
• Tenormin
• Terazosin (Hytrin)
• Thalitone (Hygroton)
• Tiazac (Cardizem)
• Toprol-xl (Lopressor)
• Trandate (Normodyne)
• Trandolapril (Mavik)
• Trandolapril W/ Verapamil (Tarka)
• Triamterene W/ Hydrochlorothiazide (Dyazide)
• Uniretic
• Univasc
• Valsartan (Diovan)
• Valsartan W/ Hydrochlorothiazide (Diovan)
• Vaseretic
• Vasotec
• Verapamil (Calan)
• Verelan (Calan
• Visken
• Wytensin
• Zaroxolyn
• Zestoretic
• Zestril

Some side effects of blood pressure medication include:

• Angina (Beta Blockers)
• Arrhythmias (Beta Blockers)
• Constipation
• Depression
• Dizziness
• Dry cough non-productive and chronic
• Fatigue
• Hair Loss
• Harmful to the fetus (ACE Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers)
• Headaches
• High Triglycerides
• Impotence
• Insomnia
• Kidney failure (ACE Inhibitors)
• Muscle cramps and pains
• Nausea
• Rashes
• Swelling of face and lips
• Swollen ankles (Calcium channel blockers)

Helpful Links & References:

• High Blood Pressure core causes and natural treatments: /SpecificDiseases/high_blood_pressure1.htm
• Side Effects of blood pressure medications: https://www.buzzle.com/articles/blood-pressure-medication-side-effects.html