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  2. Sotatercept - Wikipedia

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    Sotatercept, sold under the brand name Winrevair is a medication used for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. [6] It is an activin signaling inhibitor, [ 6 ] based on the extracellular domain of the activin type 2 receptor expressed as a recombinant fusion protein with immunoglobulin Fc domain (ACTRIIA-Fc). [ 9 ]

  3. ATC code J - Wikipedia

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    ATC code J Antiinfectives for systemic use is a section of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, a system of alphanumeric codes developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the classification of drugs and other medical products. [1] [2] [3] [4]

  4. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes).This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).

  5. Antihypertensive - Wikipedia

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    The choice between the drugs is to a large degree determined by the characteristics of the patient being prescribed for, the drugs' side effects, and cost. Most drugs have other uses; sometimes the presence of other symptoms can warrant the use of one particular antihypertensive. Examples include: Age can affect the choice of medications.

  6. ATC code C02 - Wikipedia

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    ATC code C02 Antihypertensives is a therapeutic subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, a system of alphanumeric codes developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the classification of drugs and other medical products. [1] [2] [3] Subgroup C02 is part of the anatomical group C Cardiovascular system. [4]

  7. Ambrisentan - Wikipedia

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    Ambrisentan is a drug that blocks endothelin, an endogenous hormone found in higher quantities in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Endothelin binds to two receptors, ET A and ET B . ET A is responsible for cell growth in the vessels as well as vasoconstriction , while ET B plays a role in vasodilation , endothelin 1 clearance, and ...

  8. Soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator - Wikipedia

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    Soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulators are a class of drugs developed to treat heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and other diseases. The first-in-class medication was riociguat, approved in 2013 for pulmonary hypertension. [1] [2] They have also been investigated for hypertension, systemic sclerosis, and sickle cell disease. [3] [1]

  9. Moxonidine - Wikipedia

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    Moxonidine is a new-generation alpha-2/imidazoline receptor agonist antihypertensive drug licensed for the treatment of mild to moderate essential hypertension. [5] [6] It may have a role when thiazides, beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, and calcium channel blockers are not appropriate or have failed to control blood pressure.