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An Introduction to Treatment for High Blood Pressure

At one point, Doctors hesitated to prescribeminimal side effect to the patient and
medication for patients with a blood pressureprotect against possible further
reading of less than 159/99 Hg. This wascomplications  down  the  line.
described as "mild hypertension" and as such
not  deemed  at  the  time  to  be dangerous.On of the most important aspects of where
treatment differs nowadays is that Doctors
The rationale behind this that Doctors feltcan quite possibly provide one single course
that the adverse side effects of theof medication that can treat conditions like
medication used at the time would possibly beHypertension and accompanying medical
of more danger to the patient than the highproblems  like  congestive  Heart  Failure.
blood  pressure  readings.
The generally accepted initial approach to
Times have changed however and this line ofHypertension Treatment nowadays is to start
thinking is no longer in use. Both of theslow & low and then build gradually where
above perceptions relating to the danger ofpossible gradually increasing the dosage of
the side effects and the mild nature of thethe medicine prescribed until the blood
blood pressure readings have lead to thepressure level sinks to a normal level. If
discontinuance  of  this  practice.this is not shown to work or causes
troublesome side effects then a wide number
Recent research has firmly established theof replacement medications are available for
value of treating "stage 1 Hypertension" (ause.
reading of between 140/90 - 159/99 Hg) with
medication if necessary. It is now alsoThe presently accepted course of treatment
considered prudent to treat patients who alsofor Stage 1 Hypertension is to start with one
suffer from Diabetes and High Blood Pressuredrug and add a second if the blood pressure
if their readings are as low as 130/80 Hg.reading does not respond or decrease to
The sensitivity of medication nowadays isnormal levels. The target levels here are 140
such that blood pressure levels can be90 Hg. For those with diabetes or chronic
controlled with much lower dosages meaningkidney disease then the ideal targets are
that the danger of side effects can also bereduced to 130/80 Hg. For "Stage 2
reduced.Hypertension" (the old levels of conventional
High Blood Pressure) then the accepted
There has never been a greater variety oftreatment programme is to start with at least
medication for High Blood Pressure available2 drugs. Again if the response to this is not
to Doctors from which to choose. Thesewithin an acceptable timeframe then the
"antihypertensive drugs" also include manyintroduction  of  a  third  drug  may  occur.
types of medication where there is a
combination of several different types ofJust when you think that Hypertension can be
drug. The newer types of medication quitecontrolled with purely medication. There is a
often have a different chemical makeup andmarked improvement to all of these programmes
structure compared to the older ones butwhen the medication is accompanied by the
quite often produce nearly identical effectsintroduction and implementation of lifestyle
on  the  human  body.changes such as a well balanced diet,
reduction in the consumption of alcohol,
The range and sophistication of medication isincreased exercise and a complete cessation
such now that Doctors can produce care plansof  smoking.
and treatment programmes tailored to the
individual patient and in most cases'Nuff said really.
prescribe medication that have little or



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