What heart medications lower the heart rate, and of those, how much do
they lower the heart rate?

Hi bryansim-ga

You asked a straightforward question, and I hope you will find this a
straightforward answer.

Below are the cardiac drugs which decrease the heart rate (with
reference web pages):

BETA BLOCKERS
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=159  [scroll
to middle of the page]

http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec03/ch025/ch025a.html [1/3 way down]

DIGITALIS DRUGS
http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/guides/heartfal.htm

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS
http://www.healthscout.com/ency/1/127/main.html

DIURETICS
http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Alzheimers/6-03-17-BloodPressureLowering.htm
  [scroll to middle of page]


Below are the commonly used brand names of each drug listed above:

BETA BLOCKERS, COMMONLY USED BRAND NAMES
http://www.tmc.edu/thi/betameds.html

DIGITALIS MEDICINES, COMMONLY USED BRAND NAMES
http://www.texasheartinstitute.org/HIC/Topics/Meds/digimeds.cfm

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/202194.html

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS, COMMONLY USED BRAND NAMES
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/calcium-channel-blockers/HI00061

DIURETICS, COMMONLY USED BRAND NAMES
http://www.tmc.edu/thi/diurmeds.html


As to your second question: "how much do they lower the heart rate?"
The answer to this is based on many factors like age, weight,
condition of the patient, not to mention dosage.  It also differs from
minute to minute, depending, for example, on whether the person is
exercising.  There is no one answer.

By the way, increasing physical fitness through exercise is also a way
of lowering heart rate.

http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/1705.html



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I hope this information is helpful to you.

All the best,

Alanna

Here in the UK, there are things called 'Ace Inhibitors'.

It's possible that Alanna has included these by some other name ... I
haven't checked through all the links.

Actually, ACE INHIBITORS reduce blood pressure more than heart rate.

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors work to stop the RAA cycle.
Damaged kidneys can continuously produce renin, increasing blood
pressure. Kidneys can be damaged by HTN. A vicious cycle. ACE
inhibitors block the lungs from turning the angiotensin I into
angiotensin II, which is the potent vasodilator as well as the cause
of the aldosterone production. ACE inhibitors end in   ?pril as in
captopril, enalapril, and lininopril.