Two common classes of medication to reduce blood pressure work by 1) increasing urine production and 2) reducing stimulation of your SA node. How would these two things decrease blood pressure?

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Clinical Pharmacology

Pharmacology is a discipline of medicine that studies how medications interact with the systems and processes of living organisms, focusing on drug action mechanisms as well as therapeutic and other purposes.