Management of Hypertension with Conventional and Herbals Drugs

Abstract

In this article, we have discussed about Types (primary, secondary, isolated, white coat, malignant, resistant and pulmonary hypertension), classification, adverse drug reactions of antihypertensive drugs (beta-blocker induce psoriasis and calcium channel blocker cause peripheral oedema. ACE inhibitor produce ankle oedema and thiazide diuretics causes hypenatremia and also hyperglycaemia. These are some of the serious adverse drug reactions associated with patients who are being treated with these drugs), measurement, management, diagnosis and associated diseases (e.g. diabetes mellitus, heart disease, cerebrovascular disease) lastly concluded about the herbal approach for management of hypertension  . Keywords: Hypertension, conventional drugs, Herbal drugs