{"id":131375,"date":"2021-09-29T08:22:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T08:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=131375"},"modified":"2021-09-29T08:22:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T08:22:24","slug":"anti-hypertensives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/anti-hypertensives\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-hypertensives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drugs that help lower blood pressure. Blood pressure measures the force with which blood moves through the blood vessels. While blood pressure normally varies throughout the day, rising during exercise and falling during sleep, in some people the blood pressure stays high all the time. Some cases of high blood pressure (hypertension) can be treated with lifestyle changes \u2014 losing weight, lowering salt intake, exercising more, stopping smoking \u2014 but in most cases, hypertension is treated with medication to help control the condition. There are five classes of medication used to treat hypertension.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drugs that help lower blood pressure. Blood pressure measures the force with which blood moves through the blood vessels. While blood pressure normally varies throughout the day, rising during exercise and falling during sleep, in some people the blood pressure stays high all the time. Some cases of high blood pressure (hypertension) can be treated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Anti-hypertensives - Definition of Anti-hypertensives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Drugs that help lower blood pressure. Blood pressure measures the force with which blood moves through the blood vessels. While blood pressure normally varies throughout the day, rising during exercise and falling during sleep, in some people the blood pressure stays high all the time. Some cases of high blood pressure (hypertension) can be treated with lifestyle changes \u2014 losing weight, lowering salt intake, exercising more, stopping smoking \u2014 but in most cases, hypertension is treated with medication to help control the condition. There are five classes of medication used to treat hypertension.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/anti-hypertensives\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anti-hypertensives - Definition of Anti-hypertensives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Drugs that help lower blood pressure. Blood pressure measures the force with which blood moves through the blood vessels. While blood pressure normally varies throughout the day, rising during exercise and falling during sleep, in some people the blood pressure stays high all the time. Some cases of high blood pressure (hypertension) can be treated with lifestyle changes \u2014 losing weight, lowering salt intake, exercising more, stopping smoking \u2014 but in most cases, hypertension is treated with medication to help control the condition. There are five classes of medication used to treat hypertension.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/anti-hypertensives\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-29T08:22:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/anti-hypertensives\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/anti-hypertensives\/\",\"name\":\"Anti-hypertensives - Definition of Anti-hypertensives\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-29T08:22:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-29T08:22:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\"},\"description\":\"Drugs that help lower blood pressure. Blood pressure measures the force with which blood moves through the blood vessels. While blood pressure normally varies throughout the day, rising during exercise and falling during sleep, in some people the blood pressure stays high all the time. Some cases of high blood pressure (hypertension) can be treated with lifestyle changes \u2014 losing weight, lowering salt intake, exercising more, stopping smoking \u2014 but in most cases, hypertension is treated with medication to help control the condition. There are five classes of medication used to treat hypertension.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/anti-hypertensives\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/anti-hypertensives\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/anti-hypertensives\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Anti-hypertensives\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"description\":\"Difinitions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Anti-hypertensives - Definition of Anti-hypertensives","description":"Drugs that help lower blood pressure. Blood pressure measures the force with which blood moves through the blood vessels. While blood pressure normally varies throughout the day, rising during exercise and falling during sleep, in some people the blood pressure stays high all the time. Some cases of high blood pressure (hypertension) can be treated with lifestyle changes \u2014 losing weight, lowering salt intake, exercising more, stopping smoking \u2014 but in most cases, hypertension is treated with medication to help control the condition. There are five classes of medication used to treat hypertension.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/anti-hypertensives\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Anti-hypertensives - Definition of Anti-hypertensives","og_description":"Drugs that help lower blood pressure. Blood pressure measures the force with which blood moves through the blood vessels. While blood pressure normally varies throughout the day, rising during exercise and falling during sleep, in some people the blood pressure stays high all the time. Some cases of high blood pressure (hypertension) can be treated with lifestyle changes \u2014 losing weight, lowering salt intake, exercising more, stopping smoking \u2014 but in most cases, hypertension is treated with medication to help control the condition. There are five classes of medication used to treat hypertension.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/anti-hypertensives\/","og_site_name":"Glossary","article_published_time":"2021-09-29T08:22:24+00:00","author":"Glossary","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Glossary","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/anti-hypertensives\/","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/anti-hypertensives\/","name":"Anti-hypertensives - Definition of Anti-hypertensives","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-09-29T08:22:24+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-29T08:22:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5"},"description":"Drugs that help lower blood pressure. Blood pressure measures the force with which blood moves through the blood vessels. While blood pressure normally varies throughout the day, rising during exercise and falling during sleep, in some people the blood pressure stays high all the time. Some cases of high blood pressure (hypertension) can be treated with lifestyle changes \u2014 losing weight, lowering salt intake, exercising more, stopping smoking \u2014 but in most cases, hypertension is treated with medication to help control the condition. There are five classes of medication used to treat hypertension.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/anti-hypertensives\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/anti-hypertensives\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/anti-hypertensives\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Anti-hypertensives"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/","name":"Glossary","description":"Difinitions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5","name":"Glossary","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131376,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131375\/revisions\/131376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}