Treatment of hypertension in overweight patients
Author(s) -
В. Г. Кукес,
Г С Аникин,
E M Andreevskaya,
E.A. Ashurkova
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
systemic hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2542-2189
pISSN - 2075-082X
DOI - 10.26442/sg29105
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , insulin resistance , blood pressure , imidazoline receptor , normalization (sociology) , pharmacology , obesity , endocrinology , sociology , anthropology
The aim of the treatment of hypertension in patients with overweight is not only normalization of blood pressure, but also improvement of endothelial function, reduction of insulin resistance and lipid metabolism. Some of the drugs with a broad therapeutic spectrum and huge evidential base, - I1-imidazoline-receptor agonists can be applied in both monotherapy and as a part of the combined therapy in overweight patients.
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