Hypertension is the first risk factor of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and 7 1% of stroke is related to it. Hypertension is likely to pave the way for more serious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Standardized drug treatment is the most direct and effective treatment method to avoid the progression of hypertension and prevent systemic diseases such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and renal vascular diseases.
In the treatment of hypertension, doctors always remind us to take medicine on time. Most patients with hypertension cannot do without antihypertensive drugs.
But as the saying goes, "medicine has three poisons", which often makes many patients feel at a loss:
In fact, although we have a simple antihypertensive drug, there is a whole set of knowledge system behind it.
For example, the relationship between hypertension and vascular pressure, the causes of vascular pressure, the mechanism of antihypertensive drugs, how antihypertensive drugs are metabolized in the human body, and the functions and cycles of different antihypertensive drugs.
Today, we will discuss the drug treatment of hypertension.
Hypertension can be divided into primary hypertension and secondary hypertension according to its etiology.
Essential hypertension is related to genes and constitution. Essential hypertension is incurable, and most friends with hypertension need to take medicine for life, because normal blood pressure is the result of drug control, not to say that hypertension has been cured. Once the drug is stopped, blood pressure is likely to rebound, and some drugs will have a serious withdrawal reaction.
Therefore, don't stop taking medicine or changing medicine by yourself!
Secondary hypertension caused by kidney tumor, endocrine and other diseases, after improving the etiology, blood pressure has a chance to return to normal, and blood pressure does not need to be controlled by drugs.
Generally speaking, patients with hypertension need to take antihypertensive drugs for life. Many people think that "antihypertensive drugs are dependent" or "taking antihypertensive drugs will hurt the kidneys", and it is very wrong to refuse to take antihypertensive drugs or stop taking drugs on their own.
Theoretically, all drugs have side effects, and antihypertensive drugs are no exception: diuretics can cause water and electrolyte disorders in the body, and calcium channel blockers can cause facial flushing, constipation, dizziness and nausea; Beta blockers may induce asthma and slow heartbeat.
But the blood pressure fluctuation caused by not taking antihypertensive drugs according to the doctor's advice is more harmful to the kidney!
Kidney is an organ composed of blood vessels and blood vessels, which regulates blood pressure by feeling blood pressure all over the body. If blood pressure fluctuates greatly, it will have a great impact on the kidneys.
So controlling blood pressure will protect the kidneys!
Some antihypertensive drugs we use now can not only lower blood pressure but also protect renal function.
Commonly used antihypertensive drugs, such as calcium antagonists, Pulitzer and other antihypertensive drugs, losartan and other antihypertensive drugs, beta blockers, alpha blockers, etc., have no harm to the kidney.
Long-term use of diuretics and antihypertensive drugs may cause adverse reactions. Pay attention to the medication under the guidance of a doctor and follow the doctor's advice to avoid dressing change and withdrawal.
Hypertensive patients do the following, which is also conducive to protecting kidney health:
From the diagnosis to treatment of hypertension, it is always clear that lowering blood pressure is the first priority!
Antihypertensive drugs are still an important weapon against hypertension. For friends who have been diagnosed with hypertension, especially essential hypertension, antihypertensive drugs are the most routine and mainstream, and may also be the most effective and targeted means.
BTV Health Hall column and Yu Junxian, the chief pharmacist of Beijing Friendship Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, produced "Understanding antihypertensive drugs like doctors", which has been launched. This guidance course is specially designed for hypertension, hypertensive patients with unsatisfactory antihypertensive effect and hypertensive patients with abnormal renal function.
After listening to this tutorial, you can not only know what kind of antihypertensive drugs you or your relatives and friends are taking, where are their advantages and disadvantages, and whether they match your actual situation, but also upgrade your knowledge of drug treatment through the pharmacist's thinking of "knowing drugs", and cooperate with doctors to implement antihypertensive treatment more accurately, so as to achieve the ideal antihypertensive effect without hurting the kidney and understand antihypertensive drugs like doctors.