Doctors draw attention to the dangers of taking prescription drugs without seeking medical advice. Ștefan Busnatu, cardiologist, and Silvia Ilie Stoica, pharmacist, were guests of Mihail Pautov, specialist, in episode 9, of season 7, at MediCOOL. Read about drug treatment for cardiovascular disease.
Ștefan Busnatu and Silvia Ilie Stoica discussed the role of giving drugs for cardiovascular diseases, explained how they work in the body and pointed out the negative effects of consumption without a doctor’s recommendation.
Drug treatment for cardiovascular diseases
If a person suffering from cardiovascular disease fails to improve their symptoms with a balanced lifestyle, their cardiologist will consider recommending drug treatment.
Unfortunately, many people choose to change their own treatment without seeking medical advice and buy drugs from the pharmacy.
Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin)
Acetylsalicylic acid, also known as aspirin, is one of the most popular treatments and is an antiplatelet agent. Very often, people take aspirin when they have a headache. On the other hand, some people avoid it because it can cause digestive symptoms.
Aspirin thins the blood so that the vessels are narrowed due to cholesterol deposits, the thinner blood can nourish vital substances and organs to keep them working and get a better quality of life. The non-prescribed consumption of these drugs can have serious health consequences, and if the patient takes the wrong dose, the expected effects may not be obtained. For this reason, drug treatment for cardiovascular diseases is taken only on the doctor’s recommendation.
“Talk to your doctor, call him and make sure the dose you’re taking is the right one. ”
– Mihail Pautov, specialist doctor
Furosemide
Furosemide it is diuretic popular. For people who eat very salty foods, salt retains fluids in the body. The remaining fluids increase the pressure and overload the entire cardiovascular system.
If it accumulates more, fluid begins to leak out of the cardiovascular system. Therefore, they can cause swelling in the legs and reach the lungs, where they can cause a feeling of suffocation. The role of the diuretic is to remove excess fluid from the body and excess salt. They aim to create a balance of water in the body so that the heart can work properly.
“Usually, women who have leg edema have heard that they take a diuretic, get rid of water, and that their legs stop swelling. Of course furosemide is the most recommended because it is the most powerful. We rarely release it without a medical prescription because it is clear that taking diuretics without a cardiologist’s recommendation has many adverse effects. Specifically furosemide, it’s a loop diuretic, which inhibits sodium reabsorption, but unfortunately once sodium is eliminated from the body, potassium is eliminated too. You may have an electrolyte imbalance.”
– Silvia Ilie Stoica, pharmacist
Torvastatin
Atorvastatin has a role in controlling body fat and can be part of drug treatment for cardiovascular disease. In a situation where a person follows a sometimes deficient diet, which includes fatty foods of animal origin such as: salty meat, lard, fatty cheese, their fat deposits on the vessels- blood and causes the advanced beating.
Atorvastatin has the role of stopping the synthesis of cholesterol produced by the liver, as well as that obtained from food. The liver produces a lot of cholesterol, and statins reduce this production.
Metoprolol – beta
Metoprolol – beta is a beta blocker. A beta blocker is a medication that calms the nervous system and controls adrenaline and how it spreads in the body. An unbalanced lifestyle and stressful situations stimulate the sympathetic nervous system, which produces in the body a release of adrenaline and noradrenaline, two stimulating hormones. They stimulate the receptors, which are on the cells.
Beta receptors are found in the muscles, they stimulate the heart to beat, increase the heart’s pumping capacity and force, and increase the risk of a new occurrence of arrhythmias. Normally, these receivers should provide the necessary resources to handle the threatened situation. If this condition is maintained every day, you may have health problems.
“Almost all prescriptions for people suffering from cardiovascular disease must include beta blockers. I wouldn’t recommend it to people who suffer from bradycardia because it lowers the heart rate and clearly in hypotension I don’t recommend it.”
– Silvia Ilie Stoica, pharmacist
“Bradycardia means that your heart beats very slowly when you are not a super athlete.”
– Mihail Pautov, specialist doctor
Perindopril
Perindopril is an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and the drug of choice for blood pressure control. It is usually recommended as a first-line drug treatment for cardiovascular diseases. Angiotensin is a chemical in the body that constricts blood vessels and increases blood pressure.
The medicine is also given to protect the kidneys. In the long term, the kidney suffers a lot when blood pressure is still high. At the same time, it is accepted to improve heart function in general.
“Medical prescriptions are personal. All these drugs have positive effects, but they also have negative effects. The physician must monitor the drug dose and change it frequently.”
– Mihail Pautov, specialist doctor
“The anticoagulant, which is of the antivitamin K type, interacts with our liver to stop the bleeding process.”
– Ștefan Busnatu, cardiologist
Here you have all the editions of the 7th season of MediCOOL, a show broadcast by Antena 1 and available online only in AntenaPLAY.
The information presented in this article is not a substitute for medical advice. Ask your doctor for advice on diagnosis and treatment.
2024-11-13 05:54:00
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