Blood Pressure Medicine
Blood pressure is a condition that cannot be cured, but it can be definitely managed better with healthy lifestyle, good diet and the right high blood pressure medicine. Doctors who treat high blood pressure or hypertension prescribe an effective medicine called Diovan. If you just take one tablet a day, the blood pressure can be lowered for the full 24 hours. Since it is a prescription medication, you should take it only on the advice of the doctor.
Both Diovan and Diovan HCT (combination of Hydrochlorothiazide and Valsartan) are used to treat high blood pressure conditions in adults. Diovan HCT is given when the doctor feels that you need more than one medicine to lower the blood pressure. Your blood pressure should become manageable within 4 weeks of taking the medicine. However, doctors may ask you to continue taking the medication because even if you are ‘feeling fine’ it is important to manage blood pressure which may shoot up at an unpredictable condition.
The blood pressure medicine like any other prescription medicine does involve side effects. The most common side effects with Diovan include motion problems (constipation or diarrhea), fatigue and viral infection. The most frequent side effect with Diovan HCT is cold-like symptoms. However, it does not mean that everyone who takes this medicine will get side effects. Serious side effects with both Diovan and Diovan HCT include difficult in passing urine, low blood pressure, fast heart beat, nausea and vomiting.
As an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB), Diovan widens the blood vessels, making the blood flow easily reducing blood pressure and making the heart work normally. Diovan is a hugely popular blood pressure medicine with the doctors. More than 13 million patients have been using Diovan and Diovan HCT with successful results. Primary card doctors and cardiologists rate Diovan as the number one prescribed brand for angiotensin receptor blockers.