A recent study published in Hypertension reports that patients are better able to cope with the problem of treating high blood pressure when they have to use fewer drugs. The study involved more than 2,000 patients living in the south-west of Ontario in Canada, according to an online edition for girls and women aged 14 to 35 years Pannochka. Net Scientists are interested in whether there are easier ways to help patients and their doctors lower the pressure to the desired level than the officially recommended measures that can be quite confusing. As a result, Feldman and his colleagues concluded that most patients who have recently been diagnosed with hypertension are much more comfortable starting treatment with a half of a tablet called a combination drug (ACE inhibitor / diuretic or angiotensin receptor blocker / diuretic).

"Ways to fight high blood pressure have changed.

They became much more aggressive and complicated, which led to hundreds of recommendations on how to cope with hypertension, "Feldman said.. - All people suffering from hypertension should contact their doctors with a request to prescribe them these combination tablets. They make life much easier for both patients and doctors ".

Timely diagnosis and proper treatment of high blood pressure reduce the risk of stroke by 40% and heart attack by 25%.

Health. Sumy. Ua.