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PHARMACO-THERAPEUTICAL ADHERENCE OF HYPERTENSIVE PATIENT

Nabila Abdus Salam, Sonia Imtiaz, Muhammad Riaz

The aim of present study is to evaluate the patient adherence and effect of combination therapy for the management of hypertension. A case study was evaluated to ascertain whether combination therapy to treat hypertension is rational or not. The basic goal in this therapy is to reduce blood pressure, to normalize the heart beat of concerned patient, to improve her health status along with prevention of other cardiac problem like stroke, myocardial infarction and heart failure. A combination of β- blocker & calcium channel blocker was administered to patient. It is concluded that in given case study patient adherence and combination therapy of β- blocker & calcium channel blocker were rational & thus have more prominent effect in management of HTN , Tachycardia and in improving the patient quality of life.