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Antihypertensive vs Methyldopa - What's the difference?

antihypertensive | methyldopa |

As nouns the difference between antihypertensive and methyldopa

is that antihypertensive is an agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension while methyldopa is a psychoactive drug used as a sympatholytic or antihypertensive.

As an adjective antihypertensive

is preventing or counteracting hypertension.

antihypertensive

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • an agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • preventing or counteracting hypertension

    • methyldopa

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia methyldopa)
  • A psychoactive drug used as a sympatholytic or antihypertensive.