Abstract
Abstract
Arterial hypertension (AH) is the main modifiable risk factor for the development of cardiovascular (CV) complications. Despite the widespread prevalence of hypertension in the world (about 1.4 billion people), its detectability among the population remains low. Despite serious CV and cerebral complications, hypertension is called a "silent killer", as it has been asymptomatic for a long time. In the absence of symptoms, people have no motivation to undergo an examination for the presence of high blood pressure (HBP) and receive hypotensive treatment. Even with the detection of hypertension and the availability of a large number of effective antihypertensive drugs, the number of patients with uncontrolled hypertension continues to grow, especially in low- and moderate-income countries. Only 14% of them have blood pressure controlled during treatment. Poor blood pressure control is associated with poor patient adherence to treatment and, as a result, a large number of cerebral and CV complications are observed. To improve adherence to treatment and, accordingly, blood pressure control, leading professional associations have suggested starting treatment immediately with two antihypertensive drugs of different classes in one tablet.
Combination therapy with antihypertensive drugs of different classes has a greater antihypertensive effect than doubling the dose with monotherapy, while reducing the number of side effects. As an initial double antihypertensive therapy, a combination of ace inhibitors or Angiotensin-II-receptor antagonists (sartans) is recommended + Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) or ACE inhibitors or sartans + diuretics, and the combination of ACE inhibitors or sartans + CCBs is considered preferable. And given that ACE inhibitors cause more side effects, it is possible to start treatment immediately with a combination of s CCBs + Sartan (amlodipine + valsartan). With such therapy, the antihypertensive effect is enhanced due to additive synergism, as well as increased adherence to treatment, as the number of tablets taken decreases.