Three classes of medicines we have evaluated are used to treat people with high blood pressure, also called hypertension. It is not uncommon for doctors to prescribe more than one type of medicine to treat a person with high blood pressure, especially if their blood pressure remains elevated after several months of taking just one type of drug.

Clicking on the name of the drug class below will take you to a page with that report:

• Beta–blockers

• ACE Inhibitors

• Calcium Channel Blockers