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Suggest Treatment For High BP And Cholesterol
Hi,I am from India.My mom she suffers from heart attack,she is 45 years old.She doesn t smoke, but she also suffers from blood pressure and high cholestral.For how long she will be fine and please help me out what are all the step she should follow to prevent from next attack.
Fri, 22 Mar 2019
Hi,
There, there are medications recommended for patients who had a heart attack, and treating high cholesterol levels and hypertension is a part of lowering the risk for the recurrence of another heart attack and improving the overall risk for other cardiovascular diseases.
Medications recommended are the following:
1. Antiplatelets like aspirin or clopidogrel, depending on the tolerability and type of heart attack, which lowers the risk of another heart attack.
2. Statins like Atorvastatin or rosuvastatin which lower cholesgerol and helps in the stabilization of the clot in the blood vessel.
3. Beta-blockers like metoprolol, carvedilol, nebivolol, and atenolol, which lowers the frequency of chest pains and also has a good effect on the overall heart health of the patient.
4. Medications for hypertension like Captopril, Enalapril, Losartan, Irbesartan and the like, which aside from controlling hypertension, also has a good effect on the heart muscle affected by the heart attack.
5. Medications which may be taken on an event of chest pain for relief, as Isordil has taken sublingually, or those taken as maintenance like Trimetazidine, Ranolazine or Nicorandil.
These basically are the medications recommended for patients who had a heart attack, and I recommend to bring your mother to a Doctor to check for other co-morbidities and for proper prescription of medications tailored to her case.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Daryl Derick B. Dizon, General & Family Physician
There, there are medications recommended for patients who had a heart attack, and treating high cholesterol levels and hypertension is a part of lowering the risk for the recurrence of another heart attack and improving the overall risk for other cardiovascular diseases.
Medications recommended are the following:
1. Antiplatelets like aspirin or clopidogrel, depending on the tolerability and type of heart attack, which lowers the risk of another heart attack.
2. Statins like Atorvastatin or rosuvastatin which lower cholesgerol and helps in the stabilization of the clot in the blood vessel.
3. Beta-blockers like metoprolol, carvedilol, nebivolol, and atenolol, which lowers the frequency of chest pains and also has a good effect on the overall heart health of the patient.
4. Medications for hypertension like Captopril, Enalapril, Losartan, Irbesartan and the like, which aside from controlling hypertension, also has a good effect on the heart muscle affected by the heart attack.
5. Medications which may be taken on an event of chest pain for relief, as Isordil has taken sublingually, or those taken as maintenance like Trimetazidine, Ranolazine or Nicorandil.
These basically are the medications recommended for patients who had a heart attack, and I recommend to bring your mother to a Doctor to check for other co-morbidities and for proper prescription of medications tailored to her case.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Daryl Derick B. Dizon, General & Family Physician
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