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Health Encyclopedia: Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Sporadic primary pulmonary hypertension; Familial primary pulmonary hypertension
Treatment
There is no known cure. The goal of treatment is to control symptoms. Some people respond to treatment with oral medications, such as calcium channel blockers and diuretics. Others may need drugs like intravenous epoprostenol.
Recently, a new oral drug that blocks abnormal constriction of blood vessels has become avai...
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Expert & Community Posts
High Blood Pressure Drugs: Top 3 Effective Treatments
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health ExpertMany people suffer with high blood pressure in America despite the efforts of the American Heart... Read more »
High Blood Pressure Treatment – You Can Be Healthy Again!
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health ExpertThere are high blood pressure treatments available that do not require you to be on medication. It... Read more »
Foods for High Blood Pressure: 5 Foods that are Essential for a Healthy Eating Plan
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert...physicians describe medication to control and lower high blood pressure. Unfortunately, the... Read more »
Sodium and High Blood Pressure
By Dr. Charles Whitcomb , Health ExpertHigh blood pressure has been related to salt intake for over two thousand years. Chinese... Read more »
Vaccine for Hypertension: The Perfect Treatment?
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health Expert...Orlando, FL described 72 patients with mild to moderate high blood pressure who were injected... Read more »
Health Guide
High Blood Pressure, Hypertension Patient Guide
...percent of them are unaware of it. Since people with hypertension may not exhibit any symptoms, their high blood pressure is often undiagnosed until complications occur. It has been proven that... Read more »Drug-induced hypertension
...Stroke Loss of vision Calling your health care provider If you have high blood pressure, you will have regularly scheduled appointments with your doctor. In... Read more »Chronic glomerulonephritis
...disorder, and the type and severity of symptoms. The primary treatment goal is control of symptoms. High blood pressure may be difficult to control, and it is generally the most important aspect... Read more »Renovascular hypertension
...Hypertension - renovascular Treatment The first treatment step involves controlling the high blood pressure with medication. Medications that may be used in an attempt to... Read more »Hypertension, High Blood Pressure Patient Guide: Complications
Left untreated, hypertension will cause complications. People with untreated high blood pressure will not live as long as people with well treated blood pressure. Medications make a... Read more »Images
Medications
...ORALPronounced: (low-SAR-tan)Uses This drug is used to treat high blood pressure ... Read more »
...(OL-me-SAR-tan) Uses Olmesartan is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). Lowering... Read more »
...(ir-be-SAR-tan)Uses This drug is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) and to... Read more »
...(tel-mi-SAR-tan)Uses This drug is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). High... Read more »
...medications called ACE inhibitors. It is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) in... Read more »
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