One pill, big benefit: Combination drugs may reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke
Heart disease has increased significantly in the past few years. People take a variety of medications to control these conditions, but the American Heart Association says that combination medications are more beneficial for heart disease. Let's learn from experts about these medications.
There are many types of heart diseases such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart attack and cardiac arrest. The most common of these is high blood pressure, which can cause everything from heart attack to stroke.
Many medications are available to prevent and treat all these conditions, but did you know that taking just one medication can be enough to prevent all the diseases caused by high blood pressure, especially heart attack?
Recently, the American Heart Association (AHA) has suggested that the use of combination medications is beneficial in reducing the risk of heart disease.
This claim has been made in a study published in the American Heart Association's journal Hypertension. According to the study, patients can get more benefit from taking a combination of two or more medicines in a single pill. Combination medicines mean a single medicine to control multiple diseases.
These include several blood pressure controlling medicines together. This eliminates the need to take different medicines. A single pill contains salts of several medicines and does not cause any harm to the body. Side effects are reduced because the correct dosage is given and a person does not forget to take a medicine.
Why are combination medicines considered more effective?
- When many pills have to be taken, patients forget when to take which one.
- Taking two medicines in one pill makes treatment easier
- Blood pressure comes under control quickly
- The risk of heart attack and stroke can be reduced by up to 50 percent
What does the American Heart Association recommend?
The American Heart Association states that the use of combination medications has been shown to be beneficial in those at high risk of heart disease .
Since stage 2 hypertension requires patients to take two medications, a single medication may be appropriate, but it should always be a combination medication.
Research has also shown positive results. Although research has not yet been conducted on diabetics and heart failure patients, combination medications are beneficial for patients with any stage of high blood pressure.
Doctors should prescribe such medications to patients. This makes blood pressure control easier. If blood pressure is consistently controlled, it reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke by 40 to 50 percent.
Which medicines are combined?
- ACE Inhibitors
- ARB
- Thiazide Diuretics
What do experts say?
Dr. Ajit Kumar, Associate Professor in the Department of Cardiology at Rajiv Gandhi Hospital, explains that the use of combination medications is beneficial.
Previous research has shown that taking a single medication is more beneficial than using multiple medications to control high blood pressure.
Therefore, it is important to prescribe medications in this manner to patients. However, this does not mean that heart patients should start taking these medications.
It is important to consult a cardiologist before taking these medications. You should only start taking these medications on the advice of a doctor.
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