A friend with high blood pressure told Huazi that when he went to the hospital to see a doctor, the doctor prescribed him a new compound drug for the treatment of hypertension, called amlodipine folic acid tablets, which has a good antihypertensive effect, but the price is not cheap. A friend asked Huazi, is there a cheaper drug to replace?
Huazi told a friend that this new drug for the treatment of hypertension is actually a compound preparation of amlodipine and folic acid, which can be used to "buy separately and eat at the same time" method, which can save money while not reducing the original efficacy.
First, compound drugs can improve the compliance of medication
Hypertension is the "culprit" that causes cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, but hypertension is also preventable and treatable, as long as you keep taking antihypertensive drugs regularly and control your blood pressure, you can avoid harm to the body. However, more than 70% of patients with hypertension need a combination of two or more antihypertensive drugs to effectively control blood pressure.
Taking several medications at the same time, it is easy to forget or miss. Many people's hypertension is not well controlled because of poor medication compliance. Therefore, the use of a variety of drugs into compound drugs, the original may need to eat "a handful" of drugs, become only need to take a tablet of medicine, can greatly improve the medication compliance, to ensure the effect of treatment.
There are many common compound antihypertensive drugs, such as amlodipine folic acid tablets, enalapril folic acid tablets, as well as a variety of "puly" or "satan" and hydrochlorothiazide composition of compound drugs, etc., can simplify the process of taking drugs, the disadvantage is that the price is more expensive.
Second, why should you eat folic acid for high blood pressure
Friends also have a question, amlodipine is a blood pressure drug, but folic acid is not a blood pressure drug, why should the two be used together? Huazi said that the combination of the two drugs is a drug for the treatment of "H-type hypertension". H-type hypertension refers to hypertension complicated with hyperhomocysteinemia.
Homocysteine is an intermediate product of the metabolism of amino acids, and in some clinical studies, elevated homocysteine levels increase the risk of cerebral infarction. Therefore, for patients with H-type hypertension, while controlling blood pressure, it is also necessary to control homocysteine levels. Folic acid can promote the metabolism of homocysteine, significantly reduce its level, and reduce the risk of cerebral infarction.
Third, buy two drugs separately and eat them at the same time
For people with strong self-management skills, you can buy two drugs separately and then eat them at the same time. For example, amlodipine folic acid tablets, a pill contains amlodipine 5mg, folic acid 0.8mg, as long as you buy the same dose of amlodipine and folic acid, and then take it at the same time, the drug effect is the same, but the price will be much cheaper.
It should be noted that the specifications of folic acid tablets are 0.4mg, 0.8mg, 5mg, of which 100 tablets per bottle, each 5mg folic acid tablets are the cheapest, although it is not easy to split into small doses, but the same dose of the drug effect is the same. Taken together with amlodipine tablets collected by the state, the cost of medication can be reduced to one-tenth of that of compound drugs.
The same is true for other compound antihypertensive drugs, such as enalapril folic acid tablets, which can be bought separately, and if it is a pristine or a combination of sartan and hydrochlorothiazide, you can also buy two drugs separately and then take them according to the dose.
Some friends may worry that the quality of drugs will be different depending on the manufacturer. In fact, don't worry, now the drugs have basically passed the unanimous evaluation, as long as it is a national regular pharmaceutical factory production of drugs, the quality is guaranteed. As long as the same drug has the same specification and dosage, the efficacy is the same.
To sum up, making two or more drugs into compound antihypertensive drugs can improve medication compliance and better control hypertension. Many patients with hypertension have the problem of elevated homocysteine levels, and the addition of folic acid will be better for the prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
However, the price of compound drugs is more expensive, will increase the cost of medication, under the premise of ensuring regular medication, you can purchase two drugs according to the dosage of compound drugs, take them at the same time, you can use a lower price to play the same drug effect, reduce the cost of medication. Medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor, if you have any doubts about medication, please consult a doctor or pharmacist. I am a pharmacist Huazi, welcome to follow me and share more health knowledge.