Table 3 The preferred sequence of medications by selected criteria

 Age < 65 years

HCT

Amlodipine

Atenolol

 Age ≥ 65 years

Amlodipine

Atenolol

HCT

 BMI < 19

Glipizide

Metformin

–

 BMI ≥ 19

Metformin

Glipizide

–

 Loss of consciousness or seizures at the onset of stroke or ICH among those who had brain imaging

Atorvastatin

–

–

 All other stroke patients

Aspirin

Atorvastatin

–

–