High Blood Pressure (Hypertention)

Hypertension is called the “Silent Killer” since most patients with high blood pressure have no symptoms to alert them to the elevated pressure. But over time, high blood pressure increases the risk of serious problems such as stroke, heart failure, and kidney failure.
 

• An estimated 1.28 billion adults aged 30–79 years worldwide have hypertension, most (two-thirds) living in low- and middle-income countries
   
• An estimated 46% of adults with hypertension are unaware that they have the condition.
   
• Less than half of adults (42%) with hypertension are diagnosed and treated.
   
• Approximately 1 in 5 adults (21%) with hypertension have it under control.
   
• Hypertension is a major cause of premature death worldwide.
   
• One of the global targets for noncommunicable diseases is to reduce the prevalence of hypertension by 33% between 2010 and 2030.

According to the Consensus of Hypertension Treatment Management 2019, for patients with blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg / ≥ 90 mmHg, medicine will need to be administered to lower blood pressure.
 

The main objective of hypertension management is to achieve maximum reduction of morbidity and mortality.
 

In Indonesia, all types of medicines to control blood pressure are available, namely : Calcium Channel Blocker (CCB), Diuretic, Beta Blocker, Alpha Blocker, Anti Converting Enzyme Inhibitor (ACE inhibitor), Angiotensinogen Receptor Blocker (ARB), Aldosteron Antagonist and others. Currently, according to the InaSH guidelines 2019, use of anti- hypertension drug is recommended to be combined since the beginning of the treatment, hence targeted blood pressure can be achieved and maintain blood pressure stability for 24 hours.
 

Many studies using reliable methods have been carried out to ensure the potency, safety and tolerability of anti-hypertension medicines. For example, the use of Calcium Channel Blocker type, in this case is Nifedipine with OROS technology, be it as a single medication or combined with other anti-hypertension medicine, is able to deliver effective and safe treatment of hypertension that is proven to be tolerable through the daily medication practice, in a wide spectrum among hypertension patients3.

Nifedipine with OROS technology is Nifedipine using Osmotic-controlled Release Oral delivery System technology, OROS, which allows Nifedipine to stay in the body for 24 hours and maintain normal blood pressure throughout the day.

References:
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hypertension
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21591818
 

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