If you were to be diagnosed with hypertension high blood pressure, which would have to be done over subsequent visits to your doctor Yeah. So generally speaking like you said the gold standard are going to be the Ace inhibitors or the angiotensin receptor blockers. Now I did come across there is one medication that blocks renin production Yep, direct renin inhibitor, but it really isn't used too widely clinically. Do we know why? Well, it's not very effective.