Heart Failure Medications Summary

Inhibitors of the Renin-Angiotensin System:

 • ACE Inhibitors: Benazepril, Captopril, Enalapril, Lisinopril, Quinapril, Ramipril, Fosinopril, Trandolapril, Perindopril

 • Angiotensin Receptor Blockers: Candesartan, Eprosartan, Irbesartan, Losartan, Olmesartan, Telmisartan, Valsartan

ß Blockers: 

 • Bisoprolol, Carvedilol, Metoprolol, Nebivolol

Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists:

 • Eplerenone, Spironolactone

Neprilysin Inhibitor/Angiotensin Receptor Blocker:

 • Sacubitril/valsartan

Diuretics:

 • Thiazide Type: Chlorothiazide, Hydrochlorothiazide

 • Thiazide-like: Chlorthalidone, Indapamide, Metolazone

 • Loop Diuretics: Bumetanide, Furosemide, Torasemide

Vasodilators:

 • ISDN/hydralazine

Positive Inotropes:

 • Digoxin, Digitoxin

Heart Rate Reduction:

 • Ivabradine

Intravenous Vasodilators: Acute decompensated heart failure:

 • Nitroglycerin Sodium nitroprusside

 • Neseritide

Intravenous Positive Inotropes: Acutely decompensated heart failure:

 • Dobutamine, Dopamine, Epinephrine, Norepinephrine

 • Enoximone, Milrinone

 • Levosimendan



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