An untreated hypertonic disease or symptomatic hypertension carries the risk of developing myocardial infarction and other forms of coronary heart disease, brain disasters, kidney failure and irreversible changes in the retina.
Therefore, modern problems in the therapy of arterial hypertension are not so much the relief of BP as prevention, early diagnosis of the disease, retention of target pressure figures over a long period, prevention of hypertensive crises, prevention of target organ damage and development of complications of hypertension.
Increased pressure is a real time bomb, a constant threat of a heart attack or stroke. Therefore it is essential to monitor it, keeping it within safe limits constantly. To do this, a variety of drugs are used for pressure. Their main groups are beta-blockers, calcium antagonists, nitrates, ACE inhibitors, alpha-adrenoblockers, sympatholytics, diuretics.
Therefore, to choose drugs for hypertension that would not hurt, but only helped, only a qualified cardiologist can do it. After all, even drugs from the same drug group differ in the nuances of their actions and contraindications. Also, resistant (resistant) hypertension is usually not treated with a single drug and requires an integrated approach. And only a doctor can take into account all possible negative interactions between drugs.