A remedy for pressure. A little about some common medicines
Today there are quite a lot of drugs used from high blood pressure. In the framework of this article I would like to focus on some of the most common of them.
The pressure agent "Verapamil" helps to reduce the load on the heart and reduce its oxygen demand. Under the action of this medicine, the coronary arteries expand. This, in turn, improves the blood supply to the heart muscle itself. The drug helps reduce blood pressure and reduce the frequency of contractions.
The medication is shown for ischemic heart disease in order to prevent attacks of angina pectoris, with hypertension, and also as an antiarrhythmic agent for extrasystole, supraventricular tachycardia, flutter and atrial fibrillation.
In hypertensive crises, injections of pressure "Verapamil" are used. In this case, the dosage is calculated by the attending physician especially individually for each patient. The use of the drug may cause some side effects in the form of nausea, allergic reactions, dizziness, peripheral edema, fatigue. In addition, the use of medication in large doses provokes the development of arterial hypotension.
Contraindications include cardiogenic shock, acute myocardial infarction with an atrioventricular block. The medication is not prescribed in the first trimester of bearing the fetus, during the period of breastfeeding, as well as with severe hypotension.
The next remedy for "Nifedipine" pressure improves the blood supply to tissues and organs. The medication reduces myocardial oxygen demand, the tone of peripheral vessels. Thus, blood pressure decreases.
For the drug "Nifedipine" is characterized by good absorption at admission. The medication is prescribed as an anti-anginal remedy for the elimination of restless stenocardia and tension in the presence of IHD, arterial hypertension, and vasospastic angina.
According to some studies, this drug is able to slow the development of renal failure in hypertension of the nephrogenic. In addition, the drug "Nifedipine" is often used for hypertensive crisis, and its special effectiveness is noted in the Raynaud's syndrome. The drug is able to have a beneficial effect on the blood supply to the central nervous system.
The drug is taken orally regardless of food intake. The maximum dosage of this drug from the pressure is four tablets per day. The medicine is placed under the tongue and resolves. It is recommended to take prone.
The drug "Nifedipine" is available in the form of tablets for resorption, as well as capsules and injections.
Another very common remedy for pressure is the drug "Captopril".
The action of the drug is directed to the expansion of peripheral vessels, which contributes to the reduction of blood pressure. In addition, the drug helps to reduce the cardiac load, improve circulation in a small circle, improve breathing efficiency. As a remedy for pressure, the capsules "Captopril" are used in various variants of hypertension( renovascular, resistant, malignant, in newborns), with hypertension in the background of chronic nephritis and diabetes mellitus.
The drug is given orally. Control over the dosage of medication is performed by a doctor.
The use of medication can provoke side reactions in the form of headache, tachycardia, appetite and taste disorder, asthenia, nephrosis syndrome. Taking the drug "Captopril" can cause the development of angioedema.
No medication is prescribed for pregnancy, during lactation, or for hypersensitivity.
"Enalapril", "Clofelin", "Losartan", "Methyldofa" and others are also medicines for high blood pressure. Before using any medicines, you need to visit a doctor.