Traditional Medicines for Hypertension, Is it safe?

Written By bos blog on Selasa, 28 Juni 2011 | 21.29

DRINKING capsules of traditional medicine to treat hypertension is not necessarily safe. When the user without any consultation or supervision by a doctor, could be a health and your life will be threatened.

The problem is now a lot of traditional medicines on the market. Does the government monitor the use of traditional medicine there any regulations on traditional medicine and whether traditional medicine that has been circulated by the government recognized the benefits?

 





The questions raised in the rubric of Kompas Daily Health Consultant who cared for Dr. Samsuridjal Djauzi. The following question and answer more:

My 62-year-old patients with hypertension. I regularly take medicine hypertension for 10 years.

My two kinds of drugs, according to doctors to lower blood pressure and one of them keep the heart. I do not have a problem with the cost of treatment because of my insurance members. The insurance company pays medical expenses, including doctor's consultation, laboratory tests, and drugs should be used.

Blood pressure can be reduced to normal, systolic ranges between 120 and 130 and diastolic 80. According to doctors, I have to maintain blood pressure in order to avoid unwanted complications. As far as I can be a complication of hypertension, stroke and heart attack.

About six months ago my friends are affected. He also suffered from hypertension and healthy looking with using traditional medicine. I was told to take traditional medicine capsules containing garlic and a few other ingredients. Since it was getting tired of taking medication for high blood, I tried traditional medicine. I also reduce the consumption of salty foods and diligent swim.

I feel fresh and healthy, do not experience headaches or other symptoms of hypertension. After three months of taking traditional medicine, I control to the doctor. I was surprised because blood pressure has been 190/110.

Doctors could hardly believe it and repeat the examination of blood pressure many times. After I explained I stop taking hypertension drugs then he understood. Doctors stress the importance of taking regular medication and blood pressure checked regularly anyway. According to him, the symptoms of hypertension is very individual so I do not feel anything even though blood pressure was high. High blood pressure according to him it is very risky for my 62-year-old.

This experience taught me to be careful taking traditional medicine. Now I've returned to the hypertension drug and thankfully the blood pressure is back under control.

My question is, does the government control the use of traditional medicine because of what I experienced may also be experienced by other patients? Are there regulations on traditional medicine and whether traditional medicine that has been circulated by the government recognized the benefits? I look at the drug store a lot of cholesterol-lowering drugs, uric acid, and even cancer drugs and drugs are listed in the MOH. Thank you for your doctor's attention.

M J

Your question is very important because it involves the interests of the people. Moreover, it turns out the month of May is World Hypertension Day so that we discuss very relevant to hypertension.

This time the World Hypertension Day themed recognize your blood pressure. That is, we are encouraged to find out if our blood pressure to normal or high. Lots of people do not know him real people with high blood. Not knowing would not be treated so that the long-term complications may occur in the form of heart disease, stroke, or kidney disorders. In addition, treatment consists of pharmacological treatment of hypertension and nonfarmakologi.

Nonfarmakologi treatment, among others, maintain weight, avoid excessive salt intake, reducing fat intake, and exercise. These efforts should be practiced in addition to pharmacological treatment of hypertension medications to control blood pressure and avoid the complications of hypertension.

Frequency of hypertension is quite high, in the state about 10 percent, even higher in some areas. At the global level, one in four adults suspected of suffering from hypertension.

Hypertension is a silent killer that caused casualties, the millions of people each year. Therefore, we need to care for hypertension and blood pressure us know.

For readers who have never measured the blood pressure is highly recommended examination. If blood pressure is normal, it is recommended regularly measuring blood pressure at least once a year. Meanwhile, if high blood pressure are encouraged to consult with your doctor to plan the control of hypertension.

Control is important because in case of complications, the cost of expensive therapies and even can be life-threatening complications. Complications that can arise is that stroke can be life-threatening or cause disability. While the cardiac complications in heart failure may be that the cost of treatment is also expensive. Dialysis may be required in renal insufficiency due to hypertension. Therefore, the expected early control of these complications can be avoided.

More than 90 percent of hypertension is essential hypertension, meaning the cause is unknown so the therapy of hypertension in this situation needs to be done continuously throughout life. Control of therapy need to be assessed clinically and blood pressure measurements regularly.

Actually, modern medicine is very tolerant of traditional treatment. Modern medicine recognizes, traditional treatments have kept the public health of hundreds of years until discovered antibiotic drugs, medication diabetes mellitus, hypertension medications, cholesterol drugs, cancer drugs, and others.

We know most of the new chemical drugs found at the beginning of the 20th century. With the availability of drugs that are based on research, we have now are in the era of evidence-based medicine (medical practice based on valid evidence).

Thus, traditional medicine should be used throughout the show tangible results. These results are usually studied through clinical trials. You have described the experience of using traditional medicines that are less useful in controlling hypertension. This experience should make you cautious and critical in using the drug.

Drugs circulating in Indonesia supervised the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (POM). The label is registered in the Ministry of Health on traditional medicine does not guarantee the drug has been tested clinically. In the use of traditional medicine was needed government oversight, but more importantly the people themselves must be critical and if necessary may request information to the authorities or family doctor.

Potential drugs in our country, whether traditional or modern, needs to be developed, but the use and marketing should consider the public interest.

I am glad you have uncontrolled hypertension, but you are also expected to be a health volunteer for the family. What about blood pressure wives, children, and if necessary your friends. Anjurkanlah their blood pressure checked. Thank you.

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