Because of individual differences and different disease conditions, there is no such thing as which antihypertensive drug is the fastest to lower blood pressure. Usually, oral short-acting antihypertensive drugs such as nifedipine and captopril work faster, and intravenous sodium nitroprusside and phentolamine work faster.
1. Oral short-acting antihypertensive drugs, such as nifedipine, can be taken orally and sublingually, oral this drug in 28 minutes the peak blood concentration, effective in lowering blood pressure, sublingual this drug in 50 minutes to reach the peak concentration; captopril in the oral 1 hour after the peak blood concentration.
2. Intravenous antihypertensive drugs: such as sodium nitroprusside antihypertensive effect and dissipation time is very fast, usually in the infusion of one or two minutes after the effect, stop the infusion of almost the same rapid disappearance; Intravenous Phentolamine antihypertensive effect is also very fast, half-life of 19 minutes.
Commonly used antihypertensive drugs include diuretics such as furosemide, β-blockers such as bisoprolol, calcium channel blockers such as nifedipine, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors such as captopril and angiotensin II receptor blockers such as olmesartan tablets.
If the patient’s blood pressure is high, accompanied by dizziness, headache and other discomforts, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner to prevent hypotension or shock caused by irrational lowering of blood pressure, and follow the doctor’s instructions under the guidance of the doctor’s treatment.