Hipertensão: a utilização de mecanismos não farmacológicos no auxilio do tratamento

Abstract

Hypertension is a disease of high prevalence in Brazilian population and is characterized by high blood pressure levels and may be systolic, diastolic or both. It is a pathology that acts silently, this is why most people do not know they have high blood pressure. This article investigates the use of non-pharmacological mechanisms in aid of the pharmacological treatment of hypertension and also seeks to identify the profile of hypertensive clients of drugstore in Goiânia and Trindade by analyzing their lifestyle and the inclusion or not of these mechanisms. The sample consists of 324 hypertensive patients of both sexes, aged over 18 years old analyzed in drugstores. It was observed that the data show that the lower income, the less education and the higher age, the higher the blood pressure. The antihypertensive most often cited by hypertension, were diuretics (54%), in monotherapy or in combination, followed by inhibiting of enzyme of angiotensin conversion (42%), and antagonists of calcium channel (37%). Treatment with an antihypertensive drug was reported by 24% of patients and with two or more drugs by 76%. The hypertensive patients studied made clear the need in no use of drug in aid of treatment. Thus, it was found non-drug treatment, based on measures that changes the lifestyle, and reduces significantly the blood pressure and should be given to all hypertensive patients, besides act favourably on other cardiovascular risk factors, changing the incidence of heart disease, vascular and renal.