Nursing NUR301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Beta Blocker, Coronary Vasospasm, Calcium Channel
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You may have heard people talk about nitrates (nitroglycerin is the most common of these) or know someone who is taking them. Treating angina also involves making lifestyle changes that will help you to reduce risk factors. See more in the section titled living well with angina. Reducing pain is an important goal of treatment, and by taking medications, reducing risk factors, and/or treating the narrowed arteries with surgery, this can be accomplished. Let"s look at the treatment options one by one. Nitrates, as discussed above, are available in a number of different forms and your doctor will determine which one is best for you. You should not use medications for erectile dysfunction like viagra for example. Beta-blockers are a class of medicines used to treat several kinds of heart disease. They work by lowering blood pressure, and slowing your heart rate which means your heart doesn"t have to work as hard.
