Medicamentos como fatores de risco para hipertensão arterial secundária: um saber necessário para a enfermagem

Medications as risk factors for having secondary hypertension: knowledge needed for nursing The hypertensive disease affects a significant portion of world population; one of the causes is the indiscriminate use of drugs under prescription or self-medication. Based on the facts, this study aimed to identify drugs that increase blood pressure in humans, leading to secondary hypertension, emphasizing its effects on the pressure. For this study a literature search was carried out considering some topics, such as products that may trigger secondary hypertension, health habits that will aggravate hypertension, nursing activities before the administration of these drugs and the complications of this pathology. With this research, it was concluded that a major drugs that cause secondary hypertension are antidepressants, caffeine, cyclosporine, Artigo recebido em 21 de dezembro de 2011; aceito em 20 de novembro de 2012. Endereço para correspondência: Fernanda Furtado da Paz, Conjunto Promorar Quadra 41 Rua 25 no 292, 66110017 Belém PA, E-mail: furtadof@yahoo.com.br