Just about the drug "Pectrol": instructions for use for patients briefly

Angina is never on time. But you can prevent pain and discomfort. It is enough simply to lower blood pressure - and the risk of an attack will decrease significantly. There are many drugs of this action, but more and more often doctors appoint "Pectrol" for this purpose.

Instruction for use reports that this tool acts on the vessels, causing the latter to expand. This allows you to improve the metabolism in the heart muscle, which facilitates the state of this muscle, and because of the pressure drop the heart is easier to pump blood - and the likelihood of an attack decreases. With the drug "Pectrol" chest pain will torment you significantly less.

It is important to realize that this medicine is not able to alleviate the already begun attack. Although it effectively prevents new ones.

You need to know that there are cases when you can not take the drug "Pectrol". Instruction for use says that against the background of this medication you can not take "Viagra" and all its cheap analogs (generics).

If ever there was an allergy to nitroglycerin, the drug "Pectrol" can not be drunk, because these are substances of a single mechanism of action. But there are also medicines, which include the same active agent as in Pectrol. Analogues: Izomonat, Monolong, Monochinkwe, Pentocard, Efoks and others. If there was a hypersensitivity to either of them, neither can be taken.

With caution appoint the drug to people with congestive heart failure, suffering from constantly low blood pressure, as well as kidney disease. Especially dangerous is the drug "Pectrol" for hypotension. Therefore, some doctors do not prescribe it at all at too low values of pressure, which are observed chronically.

The drug "Pectrol" instruction refers to the class quite dangerous in pregnancy, so do not risk the unborn baby. Also, breastfeeding against this medication is highly undesirable.

Headaches of very strong severity are often noted. The doctor should know about this. But usually it's enough to suffer a little - the pain will go down. Over time, the vessels of the head will cease to react so strongly. Do not stop drinking it yourself. And without the advice of a doctor, do not take any medications for a headache, sometimes medications of these classes interact.

Do not use this tool if you have recently had a head injury. This increases the likelihood of deterioration of the brain. It is also necessary to drink more than 2 liters of water per day, while you are prescribed the drug "Pectrol". Instructions for use especially focuses on sufficient water. Because dehydration greatly reduces pressure, and the drug "Pectrol" also reduces pressure. The overall effect can be quite serious.

After anemia, it is also not always possible to prescribe a medicine. As after myocardial infarction.

Side effects of the drug "Pectrol"? Instruction for use mentions in addition to headache (32%), also disorders of the gastrointestinal tract and disturbance of the rhythm of "sleep-wakefulness". Although the frequency of the latter is only 6%. In even fewer patients, there is a constant hypotension. Very rarely there is a decrease in appetite.

At treatment it is impossible to drink in parallel a medicine "Propranolol". This combination has a bad effect on the blood supply to the liver. Therefore, do not take risks, especially if there are problems with the said body.

If you are already drinking calcium antagonists, you may need to lower their dose, because the total effect on blood pressure becomes too strong and sometimes even dangerous. Usually a cardiologist knows about this and does not prescribe two drugs from these classes at once.

Do not prescribe drugs like "Verapamil", because it worsens the condition of the left ventricle. So do not prescribe your own medicine, trust a professional who knows you well.