"Doctor, doctor, please save my husband!"
Mr. Chen, 55, has a history of high blood pressure for more than 10 years, and in the years when he was first diagnosed, Mr. Chen had been taking betalux (a blood pressure medication) as prescribed by his doctor, actively controlling his diet, and not daring to be sloppy at all.
However, as his blood pressure was gradually controlled, Mr. Chen gradually began to "fish for three days and dry nets for two days", and later after taking the medicine, he simply didn't bother to buy it, so he stopped taking the medicine on his own.
However, no one thought that Mr. Chen's act of stopping the drug without authorization would make him "ride" his life.
What's going on?
It turned out that Mr. Chen's family had recently bought a new house in a newly built community, and the family began to move after the renovation was completed. However, because of the heavy workload of moving, Mr. Chen always got up early and was busy in the days of moving.
One day at dinner, Mr. Chan felt a severe palpitation and soon began to sweat profusely. Seeing this, the family hurriedly called the 120 emergency number, but before the ambulance arrived, Mr. Chen had already fainted and fell to the ground. On the way back to Mr. Chen, the emergency personnel conducted a basic examination and found that he had suffered a heart attack, so he was immediately given nitroglycerin.
But not long after arriving at the hospital, Mr. Chen passed away due to ineffective rescue. The patient's family was grief-stricken and asked the doctor why the patient suddenly had these symptoms and why he died suddenly.
By understanding the patient's Xi habits such as medication and diet before his death, the doctor highly suspected that this was caused by the patient's arbitrary discontinuation of betalux drugs.
Note: These 3 things cannot be done while taking betalux, and the risks are very high
Perhaps many people, especially hypertensive patients, are no strangers to betalux, which is a commonly used antihypertensive drug in clinical practice, also known as a "β-receptor blocker", which has a good effect on stabilizing blood pressure and preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
However, as long as you take the drug, you need to understand its contraindications, and taking betalux is no exception, let's take a look at what problems need to be paid attention to during taking betalux.
1. Don't you dare to stop the drug without authorization!
Perhaps patients who have experience with talux medicine know that doctors will tell them that combined with the current medical level, hypertension is still an incurable disease, so it is recommended to take it for a long time and monitor blood pressure regularly.
However, there are always many patients in clinical practice who gradually pay less attention to it after their blood pressure stabilizes, and gradually stop taking the drug (stop taking it without authorization).
These people may not know that betalux is a β blocker, which simply reduces the excitability of the sympathetic nervous system by blocking catecholamines (such as adrenaline), which in turn helps stabilize the heart rate, relieve vascular tension, and lower blood pressure.
During the medication period β receptors will also undergo some changes because they have been "imprisoned" by the drug, and the perception of sympathetic nerve excitement may also be more obvious. Once the drug is stopped without authorization, it may cause the β receptors to suddenly lose their "confinement", and they will be more "sensitive" to the sympathetic nervous system, resulting in rapid heartbeat and increased blood pressure.
As blood pressure soars, patients may also develop fatal diseases such as angina, myocardial infarction, and cerebral infarction. So, that's why doctors have repeatedly told patients to stick to their medications.
2. Wrong combination of drugs, don't use them indiscriminately!
At present, there are six common types of antihypertensive drugs commonly used in clinical practice in mainland China, including β receptor blockers, diuretics, and calcium antagonists.
Although these are antihypertensive drugs, their principles of action are mostly different, so for patients with moderate to severe disease and difficulty in lowering blood pressure, doctors mostly recommend small doses of combined drugs (complementary mechanisms), so as to achieve the effect of 1+1>2.
However, many patients in our lives do not have a good understanding of the mechanism of action of various antihypertensive drugs, and "matching" at will will not only fail to have the desired effect, but may also cause obvious side effects and threaten the health and safety of patients.
For example, some patients use a combination of pullil and sartan (both of which are angiotensin) drugs because they are not clear, but they do not know that these two drugs will interfere with the release of aldosterone substances from tissues, and once the aldosterone secretion in the patient's body is insufficient, it will increase the level of potassium ions in the blood and induce hyperkalemia.
Therefore, patients with high blood pressure should still follow the doctor's instructions to take medicines, and do not "self-righteous" and "match" without authorization.
3. Frequent drinking, you are joking with life!
We all know that hypertension is a chronic disease, and for patients with chronic diseases, in addition to following the doctor's instructions in life, they also need to pay attention to small details such as diet, work and rest.
Especially for people with high blood pressure, it is possible to drink less alcohol in life.
Because according to relevant studies, alcohol can destroy the elasticity of blood vessels and affect heart muscle cells, especially after taking decompression drugs, drinking alcohol will affect the absorption of drugs, and may even cause the accumulation of antihypertensive drugs, resulting in hypotension and even shock.
Therefore, it is recommended that people with high blood pressure should reduce their alcohol intake as much as possible in their lives.
Not long ago, a hypertensive patient came to the hospital for a basic physical examination, and accidentally learned that his blood sugar was elevated, and the doctor suspected that the patient was caused by taking betalux for 5 consecutive years, so it is suspected that the blood sugar is elevated due to taking betalux for 5 consecutive years.
I have been taking betalux for 5 years, but my blood sugar has increased, can I stop taking the drug?
Perhaps, many people may wonder why doctors think that betalux is related to blood sugar?
In fact, we have mentioned many times above that betalux is a β receptor blocker, and this kind of drug will affect the secretion of insulin in the body to a certain extent (insulin has the effect of lowering blood sugar), when patients take it for a long time may be affected by the drug, there may be insufficient insulin secretion, which will cause blood sugar to rise.
In general, when such a situation occurs, it is recommended that the patient change to other types of antihypertensive drugs, and advise him to regularly monitor blood glucose for a period of time to observe changes and fluctuations.
At the same time, patients taking betalux are reminded to actively monitor blood glucose, especially patients with diabetes and hypertension, try to avoid β blockers and choose other types of antihypertensive drugs.
Summary:
Hypertension is a common chronic disease among middle-aged and elderly people in mainland China, and doctors mostly recommend patients to take long-term medication, but here I would like to remind you that no matter what kind of antihypertensive drugs you have, you must follow the doctor's instructions to take them, understand the contraindications and side effects of the drugs, and seek medical attention as soon as there are any uncomfortable symptoms.
Sources:
[1] "Study on the Effect of Betalox Combined with Amiodarone in the Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease with Tachyarrhythmia", Liu Ruiling; Yu Wenhua, 2023-04-15
[2] "Clinical Study of High-dose Betalox in the Treatment of Keshan Disease", Cai Weicai; HUANG Hanchao; LIN Jianliang; WU Qingxiang; Zhang Songjie, 2023-07-30
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