1.20

Question 1

What are the different types of treatments of CVD?

Answer 1

Antihypertensives, statins, anticoagulant, platelet inhibitors

Question 2

What are antihypertensives?

Answer 2

Drugs that reduce blood pressure. Some of them are diuretics (eliminate excess fluids and salts, decreasing vol. of blood) and beta blockers (block response of heart to adrenaline)

Question 3

What are statins?

Answer 3

Group of drugs that lower the level of cholesterol in the blood -> block production of LDLs.

Question 4

What are the side-effects of statins?

Answer 4

Very rarely they can trigger muscle inflammation which can be fatal. Sometimes they can cause liver problems, muscle aches and nausea.

Question 5

What are anticoagulants?

Answer 5

Help prevent blood clotting too easily. Lowers prothrombin levels.

Question 6

What are platelet inhibitory drugs?

Answer 6

Prevent blood clotting too easily - make platelets less sticky. Example - aspirin.

Question 7

What are the risks of taking platelet inhibitory drugs such as aspirin?

Answer 7

It irritates the stomach lining and can cause bleeding in the stomach.

Question 8

What are sympathetic nerve inhibitors ?

Answer 8

Sympathetic nerves are nerves connected from the central nervous system to the rest of your body , they stimulate your arteries to constrict which raises blood pressure . The inhibitors prevent the nerves from sending signals to the arteries so the arteries dont constrict and increase blood pressure .

Question 9

Name an example of a sympathetic nerve inhibitors and what they do

Answer 9

ACE inhibitors . ACE inhibitors block the production of angiotenism , a hormone that stimulates the contraction of blood vessels