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At present, six classes of drug are available to lower high blood pressure:

thiazide diuretics

beta-blockers

alpha-blockers

calcium channel blockers

ACE inhibitors

angiotensin-II receptor antagonists.

If a single drug is not effective, other anti-hypertensive drugs may be added, usually at intervals of at least four weeks, until good control of BP is achieved. Where hypertension is relatively mild (systolic BP less than 160mmHg, and diastolic less than 100mmHg), drugs may be substituted rather than used together.