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help with this classification?

Jun 29, 200818 yr

My instructor has told me I need to find the indications and action for a drug she called REB. She said it is in the classification of an antihypertensive. I have searched and could only find Rebetol, which appears to be a medication for hepatitis.

If anyone knows of a antihypertensive medication known as REB, please guide me to your source.

Thanks

Jun 29, 200818 yr

I don't know if this helps, but I'm a telemetry nurse and I've never heard of it. That sounds more like an abbreviation of some sort. Didn't she give you a generic name?

Is it possible that she was talking about ARB's, which stands for Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers, and is a classification of antihyptertensives?

Jun 29, 200818 yr

Experts

I know this is a bit of a stretch, but I wonder if she was meaning the drug Ser-Ap-Es which is a compound drug of hydrochlorothiazide, reserpine and hydralazine? Or, if she was referring to a form of reserpine which is used as an antihypertensive (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a601107.html)?