Angina Medications WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Angina Medications
Angina medications are used to prevent heart attacks and death.1 They are also prescribed to decrease the number of angina attacks you may have.1 Nitroglycerin is used to help relieve a sudden angina attack.2 In order to prevent an angina attack, your doctor will most likely recommend using a beta blocker.2 Other angina medications are used to control pain and improve quality of life.
Fast Facts:
- Calcium channel blockers work to relieve angina by lowering blood pressure.1
- Statins are used to help reduce LDL cholesterol levels, which is a main contributor to angina.1
- One of the most commonly used drugs for angina is aspirin. Aspirin can lower your risk of having a heart attack by one-third.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 LifeHeart: Angina Medications
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 MedicineNet: Angina: Medications
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- Contributor: Kenyotta Elijah
- Reviewer: Scott Pearlman, M.D.
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 14, 2009
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- Contributor: Kenyotta Elijah
- Reviewer: Scott Pearlman, M.D.
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Angina Medication, Angina Medicines, Angina Medicine, Medications for Angina
- Last update: Aug. 25, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
