Philippines September 13 2015
What doctors prescribe for hypertension
A recent Acute Hypertensive Emergency makes one research on how to deal with one, and even examine the drugs being administered. It is good we now have internet; and that there are heart specialists the author knows of specialist from Philippine Heart Center.
The patient is in the province in her 60s and experienced shortness of breath, dizziness, general weakening of the body and chest pains (a heart attack?) She was put on losartan (an angiotensin receptor blocker known for treating long term essential hypertension and that acts on kidney) a diuretic, a digitalis and Vit B complex. The family spent a good 5 figures for having her watched in a hospital and her bp remained unstable. The chest pains and shortness of breath were still there. BP shot up to 180/120 when the multivitamins was given. (It has been stopped when the watcher noticed the causal effect) The BP is now down to 120/90.
