Medication Reference
Medications A-Z
A library of drug guides focused on a single question: how is this medication different for Black patients? Every page leads with the published evidence, cites FDA labels and professional-society guidelines, and flags uncertainty where the research is mixed or absent.
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Amlodipine
Calcium-channel blockerBrand: Norvasc, Katerzia
Hypertension, Angina, Coronary artery disease
Amlodipine is one of two guideline-preferred first-line antihypertensives for Black adults without CKD or heart failure (the other being a thiazide-type diuretic). …
View guideAtenolol
Beta blockerBrand: Tenormin
Angina, Post-MI, Hypertension (second-line)
Beta blockers, including atenolol, are not recommended as first-line therapy for uncomplicated hypertension in any adult — Black or non-Black — per …
View guideAmlodipine
Calcium-channel blockerBrand: Norvasc, Katerzia
Amlodipine is one of two guideline-preferred first-line antihypertensives for Black adults without CKD or heart failure (the other being a thiazide-type diuretic). …
View guideAtenolol
Beta blockerBrand: Tenormin
Beta blockers, including atenolol, are not recommended as first-line therapy for uncomplicated hypertension in any adult — Black or non-Black — per …
View guideMetoprolol
Beta blockerBrand: Lopressor (tartrate), Toprol XL (succinate)
Metoprolol is not first-line for uncomplicated hypertension in Black adults, for the same reasons as atenolol. But it is a first-line drug …
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