In modern times, many patients seek help from doctors for acute manifestations of hypertension. And this is nothing more than an increase in blood pressure. Naturally, hypertension does not occur suddenly. Just the first signs of it are insignificant and inconspicuous and more reminiscent of ailments, which are often comparable to general physical fatigue. But over time, if you do not pay attention to your well-being, the ailment makes itself felt with sudden surges in pressure, cardiac arrest, uneven heartbeat. And these physiological phenomena occur in the body due to the narrowing of the patency of blood vessels and stenosis of vascular valves.
Causes of pressure surges are also brain diseases, kidney ailments, and the development of heart complications.
If no measures are taken, an increase in blood pressure can increase the mass of the left ventricle of the heart, cause it to rupture, and damage the cerebral arteries, which can lead to a stroke, cause constant headaches, cause insufficient blood supply to certain parts of the body, and cause an unforeseen death.
For several years now, such a medicine, applicable in cardiology as āBerliprilā, has been helping doctors prevent such phenomena. Despite the fact that in practice it is used very often, opinions about its benefits are ambiguous. Nevertheless, it is impossible to do without this medication in many cases of manifestations of increased blood pressure.
How effective is the drug, and whether it is worth using, let's understand, because the luminaries of medicine do not just prescribe potent medicines and are guided in practice by their positive effect.
What is the medicine āBurliprilā?
This is a new effective tool that can instantly affect pressure interruptions, normalize it and alleviate the patientās condition in just a few minutes after administration. Its soft and quick action is appreciated by those who know firsthand about poor health during attacks of increased blood pressure, as well as during other cardiovascular diseases.
The drug āBerliprilā is, by its intended nature, an inhibitor of the ACE group ā the angiotensin - converting enzyme. This medicine is characterized by a pronounced hypotensive effect, which significantly reduces the load on the heart muscle, as a result, the general blood flow normalizes, preventing the development (as a result of increased blood pressure) of heart failure.
The drug "Berlipril" has an effect on the expansion of blood vessels, does not allow the production of enzymes responsible for their narrowing, while neutralizing the antidiuretic effect of the patient's body.
The active substances suppressed by this medicine, which take part in metabolic processes and lead to vasoconstriction, indicate the normalization of the physiological state of the patient and a decrease in the load on his heart.
A potent drug is prescribed for use by patients only by a doctor and in various doses, the value of which depends on the severity of the course of the disease associated with an increase in blood pressure.
Is it justified or not that the Berlipril drug is used too often in medical practice? Experts say yes. This is one of several types of potent medicine with a quick effect on the body of sick people that saves their life not in words but in action. And this moment is the most important for a competent specialist who prescribes this drug to his patients in order to reduce the risks of death.
Of course, this medicine is not suitable for everyone, it can cause both a positive effect and side effects. But one must take into account the fact that each human body is individual, and general practice does not always give excellent results, which encourages the search for similar therapeutic agents.
The drug āBerliprilā is described by doctors as the main tool in the treatment of blood pressure problems and other ailments of the cardiovascular system.
The composition of the drug
Berlipril contains one potent substance called enalapril. The degree of relief of a critical critical condition of a patient suffering from pressure problems depends on its concentration in the medicine.
Today, you can find several types of Berlipril in the pharmacy kiosks on the shelves among the assortment of new medicines. It was already mentioned a little above that for each degree of manifestation of an increase in blood pressure, a drug with a certain concentration of the active substance is characteristic.
So, patients are faced with the medicine āBerlipril 5ā, āBerlipril 10ā, āBerlipril 20ā, āBerlipril plusā.
The number in the name of the drug indicates the number of milligrams of the active substance in one tablet of the medication in question. That is, it is the same type of drug with only a different concentration of enalapril in its composition.
A certain dose is characteristic for taking various diagnoses of diseases of the cardiovascular system. And also, treatment can proceed on an increasing scale, which leads to a gradual increase in the concentration of the active substance, depending on the condition of the patient.
So, taking, for example, the drug āBerlipril 5ā, you cannot be sure that tomorrow you will not be prescribed a medicine with a higher concentration of 10 or 20 mg.
Auxiliary components of the medication that are absorbed by the human body are lactose, magnesium stearate and hydroxycarbonate, a gelatin base, and colloidal dioxide.
Judging by the assessment of the drug āBerliprilā (doctors' reviews say this), many trust him very much. But a positive predisposition to a doctorās drug is explained by his competent knowledge about the effect of the drug on human health. But the obsessive idea of initiative in prescribing this medication to oneself speaks of the risk at a certain stage of pressure surges, instead of improving well-being, you can get a negative result.
Pharmacological properties of the drug
Despite the numerous positive reviews of patients with Berlipril, often patients do not delve into the essence of its action, which is the reason for the negative criticism. But if pressure problems have been troubling for a long time, people taking this drug know what pharmacological properties improve their condition. Especially if they are treated for several years in a row.
About the medicine āBerliprilā, the patient reviews read only as a medicine that quickly brings the physical condition back to normal. In most cases, the interest of patients lies only in this effect. Many people even prescribe this tool to themselves, which is strictly prohibited.
And here is a detailed instruction on the drug āBerliprilā. Reviews - by itself, but the guide to the use of the medicine should be of interest not only to the attending doctor, but also to the patient. Each individual patient has his own story of the development of high blood pressure, his own reason, and the advice of friends or acquaintances that there are such magic pills that help very quickly can lead to irreversible consequences. As already mentioned above, each patient needs an individual dose - 5, 10 or 20 mg of the active substance. To whom it is assigned immediately, and to whom gradually, in increasing order.
A little higher we mentioned the pharmacology of the drug. It is a vasodilator, antihypertensive drug. Its use is more aimed at expanding the arteries, although it affects the veins, but not to a large extent. In order to normalize and stabilize the situation with blood pressure, you need to undergo a therapeutic course of treatment with the use of this drug for six months.
Enalapril blocks the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II, which gives a signal to narrow the vessels and arteries. Thus, it is possible to achieve arterial patency and normalize the rhythm of blood flow.
Who is prescribed the medicine?
The drug āBerliprilā is recommended not only for hypertensive patients, but also prescribed for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy, heart attacks, with developing heart failure, for the prophylactic purposes of coronary ischemia, with severe arterial hypertension.
Types of medication and cost
So, having determined that the Berlipril medicine is primarily a vasodilator medication that helps save the lives of many patients with cardiovascular ailments today, we need to understand its types in more detail.
A detailed description and guide to taking is available for each type of drug āBerliprilā (instructions for use). The reviews of both doctors and patients today concern the medicines āBerlipril 5ā, āBerlipril 10ā, āBerlipril 20ā and āBerlipril plusā. For each patient, these drugs act differently.
So, the medicine āBerlipril 5ā describes the instructions for use as a fast-acting drug. It is able to influence the normalization of high blood pressure, it must be used strictly as prescribed by the doctor.
To many patients at the initial stages of the development of diseases of the cardiovascular system, Berlipril 5 is prescribed. Instructions for use also do not exclude its use in outpatient preventive treatment, for complications or in combination with other antihypertensive drugs.
The cost of this drug is eighty-five rubles for a package containing thirty tablets of a plane-parallel form in white.
For Berlipril 20 and Berlipril 10 medicines, the instructions for use are identical to the Berlipril 5 medication. The only difference is the concentration in mg of the active substance.
The cost of the medicine āBerlipril 10ā is one hundred forty rubles for a package containing thirty round flat-cylindrical light brown tablets, the medicine āBerlipril 20ā - two hundred and twenty rubles for a package of thirty round flat-cylindrical light pink tablets.
As for the drug āBerlipril plusā, it is characterized as a combined preparation containing in its composition, in addition to the active substance in an amount of 10 mg, a thiazide diuretic hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg. In the instructions, it is shown like this: 25 mg + 10 mg. Two components enhance the antihypertensive effect. The diuretic, removing sodium from the body, allows enalapril to act immediately. The cost of packaging this drug is two hundred and fifty rubles.
Contraindications of the use of the medication
The medicine "Berlipril" is not recommended for pregnant women, as well as breast-feeding mothers. Treatment with this drug is unacceptable if hypersensitivity to its components is detected. Do not prescribe medication to people under eighteen years of age.
Only with the advice of a doctor, under the supervision and caution, the drug āBerliprilā is taken with patients with aortic stenosis, renal artery stenosis, and liver failure. It is not allowed to take this medication while driving a vehicle and controlling other mechanisms.
Important points of the instructions for use
Despite the positive reviews about the drug āBerliprilā, one should still take it carefully, especially in combination with other drugs that have similar characteristics and properties of influence on the sick human body. You can either enhance the effect of the product, or weaken. Therefore, we should not talk about any amateur activities here at all.
The medication is prescribed only by the attending physician!
Despite the prescribed prescriptions, many patients also bother to bring themselves to a state of drug overdose. In this case, the most pronounced symptoms are convulsions, heart attacks, strokes, nerve stupor, too sharp a drop in blood pressure.
There is no antidote. An urgent measure is gastric lavage and the appointment of special therapy.
Possible side effects caused by Berlipril
Also, the drug, which is so often used in cardiology, can cause a number of side effects. Especially with prolonged use, a not very rosy picture of the health of patients is observed.
Under the negative influence of the drug, both the general blood circulation system and internal organs, in particular the kidneys, can become irritable, the nervous system can increase, fraught with depression and periodic severe headaches.
Berlipril medication: reviews of doctors and patients
Many hypertensive patients are taking this medicine today. Many can not physically do without an effective effect on the expansion of the bloodstream, which has the drug "Berlipril." Reviews of patients tell that this medicine can be used during one course of treatment at the first stages of the development of hypertension, promptly influencing effectively the cause of its appearance, or constantly for a certain time period. Many years of experience taking this drug in patients is precisely the incentive to trust him.
About the drug āBerlipril 5ā, the reviews of patients for the most part positively evaluate the speed of the drug. But against the background of a decrease in blood pressure, there are manifestations of allergic reactions, and very often tormented by coughing, which occurs after a weakening of the dose of the active substance or after refusing to take the medication.
There are a lot of responses about the medicine āBerlipril 10ā. Reviews of patients focus on the fact that taking the drug can be accompanied by abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, which disappear after stabilization. In some cases, a mild allergic reaction to the components of the drug is observed, this is manifested by the appearance of a small rash or itching.
The patients' reviews say that this drug can cause shortness of breath and loss of taste about taking Berlipril 20, but the pressure decreases to normal. And many noticed increased fatigue and the manifestation of pain in the chest.
About Berlipril Plus, the reviews are also controversial. It is prescribed in the stages of a stable periodic violation of blood pressure. The positive effect of speed may be accompanied by nausea and weakness.
If the doctor observes a positive tendency of recovery or stabilization of the patient's condition without side effects, then he continues to prescribe the drug. If the patient feels discomfort, the medicine is no longer prescribed.
Is it possible to choose analogues that can replace the drug āBerlipril?ā
Many patients, faced with the side effects of the drug, still continue to take it until the selection of an analogue that is more gentle and equally effective. These include: Renitec, Enalapril, Envas, Enap and Ednit tablets, Vasotec medication.