Getting a regular blood pressure check is important as it could well save your life! High blood pressure can be a silent killer in that it can cause other problems such as kidney failure, heart attacks and strokes - sometimes without warning and with fatal results. High...

Getting a regular blood pressure check is important as it could well save your life! High blood pressure can be a silent killer in that it can cause other problems such as kidney failure, heart attacks and strokes - sometimes without warning and with fatal results. Hi...

An increase in blood (plasma) volume and a fall in blood pressure are usually observed in normal pregnancy. So when any pregnant woman’s blood pressure is above the normal range, it is abnormal.Hypertension in pregnancy is defined as a diastolic blood pressure of 90 m...

Drugs used in the treatment of hypertension include thiazide diuretics, beta blockers, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, and calcium channel blockers. The newer ACE inhibitors and calcium channel blockers were promoted as being better for the treatment o...

In this article we're going to discuss just how high blood pressure is treated so that it can be kept under control.The first thing people need to know is that high blood pressure itself is usually present for many years before its effects are actually felt. The goal...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 31, 1998--Faulding Hospital Pharmaceuticals, a business unit of international pharmaceutical and healthcare company F H Faulding & Co Limited (Faulding), today announced that its US-based operations had received tentative approval ...

There are dozens of antihypertensive agents in use today. They can be grouped into eight different classifications: (1) alpha/beta-adrenergic blocking agents, (2) angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, (3) angiotensin II receptor antagonists, (4) antiadrenergi...

Business & Medical/Health Editors ADELAIDE, South Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2000 International pharmaceutical and health care company F H Faulding & Co Limited (Faulding) today announced that its USA-based injectable products division of Fauldin...

Abstract: Hypertensive disorders during pregnancy, which account for approximately 15% of pregnancy-related deaths, represent the second-leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. New classifications recommended by the National Institutes of ...

Abstract: Candesartan cilexetil is an angiotensin II receptor antagonist that is widely used in the treatment of hypertension. It is generally well tolerated and rarely has adverse effects. We report the case of a 50-year-old man with a 3-year history of hyperten...

Abstract: Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), also known as reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS), is most often associated with hypertensive emergencies and is characterized by seizures, mental status changes and visual distur...

Abstract: This review summarizes the current state of knowledge about drugs, other chemical substances, and toxins on blood pressure. Many classes of drugs, such as steroids, sympathomimetic amines, immunosuppressive agents, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents,...

At the recent AMAA Sports Medicine Symposium at the Marine Corps Marathon[R], Dr. James Ziccardi presented practical information for medical professionals advising active patients who take cardiovascular medications. Following is a summary showing the discussed medic...

Business Editors/Health Writers ADELAIDE, South Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2000 International pharmaceutical and health care company, F H Faulding & Co Limited (Faulding), today announced that its US subsidiary, Faulding Pharmaceutical Co, part of the ...

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Medication Indications for Use Generic name (Brand names) Cardiac medications digitoxin (Crystodigin, Digitoxin) Help regulate heart rate. digoxin (Digoxin, Lanoxin) Treat congestive heart fai...

Although in general you'll follow the advanced cardiac life support and trauma guidelines to treat the patient, cocaine toxicity calls for some modifications. For example, lidocaine, ordinarily the drug of choice for ventricular arrhythmias, has synergistic effects with...

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SARASOTA, FLA. -- Treatment of chronic hypertension in pregnancy does not appear to prevent preeclampsia, but it can prevent end organ damage and should be considered in patients with a diastolic blood pressure greater than 100 mm Hg, according to Dr. James Martin. ...

Peripartum emergencies occur in patients with no known risk factors. When the well-being of the fetus is in question, the fetal heart rate pattern may offer etiologic clues. Repetitive late decelerations may signify uteroplacental insufficiency, and a sinusoidal patte...

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