Open AccessCOMBINATION ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY: WHEN THE WHOLE IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS
Author(s) -
Е. О. Таратухин,
Natalia V. Teplova
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
kardiovaskulârnaâ terapiâ i profilaktika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2619-0125
pISSN - 1728-8800
DOI - 10.15829/1728-8800-2013-3-68-71
Subject(s) - medicine , combination therapy , calcium channel blocker , compliance (psychology) , calcium channel , intensive care medicine , pharmacology , calcium , psychology , social psychology
The paper discusses the importance of high treatment compliance in the case of long-term or life-long therapy. This problem can be resolved by the use of combination pharmacological treatment, such as the combination of a calcium channel blocker and an ACE inhibitor. Apart from the higher treatment compliance, this combination provides additional metabolic benefits, due to the beneficial metabolic effects of its components.