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Adjective
(of a drug) used to lower high blood pressure: increasing dosages of antihypertensive drug treatments.
Also: anti-hypertensive
Antihypertensives are a class of drugs that are used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure). Antihypertensive therapy seeks to prevent the complications of high blood pressure, such as stroke, heart failure, kidney failure and myocardial infarction.