Hypertension is a disease that requires long-term treatment and long-term control, and the most common treatment is drug therapy, which stabilizes blood pressure by taking antihypertensive drugs. There are many types of antihypertensive drugs, and the doctor will formulate the most suitable treatment plan for the patient according to his specific situation, and choose the most suitable antihypertensive drug for him.
Recently, there is a saying in the circle of hypertensive patients that the combination of nifedipine and hexa-flavored yellow pills will have a better antihypertensive effect. Let's find out.
What kind of drug is nifedipine?
Before understanding the combination of nifedipine and six-flavored dihuang pills, we must first know what nifedipine is, after all, compared with the six-flavored yellow pills, this drug does not seem to be understood by many people. Nifedipine is a commonly used drug to lower blood pressure, which can relax and expand the smooth muscles of blood vessels, resulting in a strong antihypertensive effect. In addition to the treatment of hypertension, it can also be applied to the treatment of angina. Nifedipine is a prescription drug that must be purchased and used with a doctor's prescription, which is a point of caution.
Nifedipine mainly has several dosage forms, nifedipine ordinary tablets are taken orally or sublingually, nifedipine extended-release tablets are relatively slow, the efficacy is maintained for a long time, can be maintained for about 12 hours, nifedipine controlled-release tablets have the longest effect time, and the antihypertensive duration can reach 24 hours.
Does nifedipine plus six-flavor dihuang pills really have a better antihypertensive effect?
Nifedipine is a common antihypertensive drug, and Liuwei Dihuang Pills can treat waist and knee soreness, waist and knee soreness, kidney yin loss and so on. Nifedipine is a drug that is no problem in treating high blood pressure, because it is a common drug for lowering blood pressure, and the problem is in the Six Flavor Dihuang Pills.
Traditional Chinese medicine for the understanding of hypertension, is based on the dizziness, headache and other conditions of treatment, from this aspect can be seen that traditional Chinese medicine is not to reduce blood pressure for the purpose, but to improve headache, dizziness and other symptoms for the purpose. Liuwei Dihuang Pill can solve the problem of headache and dizziness, and the reason why it can be used for the treatment of hypertension is mainly a premise, that is, only patients with hypertension with liver and kidney yin deficiency can use Liuwei Dihuang Pill.
Before using Liuwei Dihuang Pill to treat hypertension, you should be familiar with your own type to see if it is liver and kidney yin deficiency type hypertension. Hypertension treatment can be a combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, if hypertension patients have liver and kidney yin deficiency performance, on the basis of using Western medicine to reduce blood pressure, you can appropriately take Liuwei Dihuang pills, which is symptomatic.
What are the precautions for taking antihypertensive drugs?
1. Take according to the dosage
Some patients with hypertension have a very strong subjectivity in taking antihypertensive drugs, and if they feel that the symptoms are mild, they will eat less, and if the symptoms are more serious, they will eat more, which is a taboo to eat antihypertensive drugs. Take antihypertensive medications in doses and follow the guidance and advice of your doctor. The dose taken is too small, the blood pressure cannot be controlled, and the dose taken is too large, which will make the blood pressure decrease rapidly, which may lead to insufficient blood supply to the brain and cause serious consequences.
2. Pay attention to the time of taking the drug
Different types of antihypertensive drugs, there will be different medication time, when getting antihypertensive drugs, to carefully study the instructions, in accordance with the instructions on the instructions to take the drug. Fasting refers to taking medicine one hour before or two hours after a meal, taking medicine 30 minutes before a meal, eating with food during a meal, and taking medicine after a meal 15 minutes after a meal.
3. Insist on taking medicine
High blood pressure is a disease that requires long-term treatment, and since you have taken antihypertensive drugs, you must stick to it. Do not take medicine even if your blood pressure is normal, otherwise it will lead to recurrence and aggravation of the disease. If there is a condition to stop the drug, you can not stop the drug immediately, and gradually reduce the dosage until the drug is stopped under the advice of the doctor.
A message from the family doctor
Nifedipine is a common antihypertensive drug, and Liuwei Dihuang Pill is a medicine that improves high blood pressure in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. Whether nifedipine should be eaten with six flavor dihuang pills must meet a prerequisite, that is, it has a liver and kidney yin deficiency. No matter how to treat high blood pressure, you can not take it lightly, you must follow the doctor's arrangement.
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