Drug Treatments for Heart Disease

Effective drug treatments for heart disease can help lower blood pressure or cholesterol, prevent or dissolve blood clots, relieve and prevent angina symptoms or improve the strength or rhythm of the heart's contractions.

Follow the links below to find information on drug treatments for heart disease.

Reviewed July 2011

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Title:	Congestive heart failure
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Congestive heart failure occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood to satisfy the needs of the body. The most common cause of congestive heart failure is coronary heart disease. Symptoms include breathlessness during activity and at rest, muscular fatigue, swelling of ankles, legs or the abdomen, and unexplained coughing and wheezing.
Date:	Aug 2011

Title:	Dabigatran (Pradaxa) for preventing stroke in people with atrial fibrillation
Publisher:	National Prescribing Service
Description:	This Medicine Update is about using dabigatran to prevent stroke in people with a condition called atrial fibrillation. Dabigatran can also be used after hip or knee replacement surgery (see the April 2010 Medicine Update issue).
Date:	Aug 2011

Title:	Current management of atrial fibrillation
Publisher:	Australian Prescriber
Description:	Atrial fibrillation is a common condition and carries the risk of cerebral thromboembolism.The CHADS2 score is often used to stratify this risk.
Date:	Aug 2011

Title:	Dental notes. Cardiac effects of non-cardiac drugs
Publisher:	Australian Prescriber
Description:	Dentists have traditionally been concerned about the potential risk of cardiac effects from the vasoconstrictor, either adrenaline or octapresin, in dental local anaesthetics. However, the evidence shows that there is minimal effect from either of these drugs in appropriate dosage.
Date:	Apr 2011

Title:	Cardiac effects of non-cardiac drugs
Publisher:	Australian Prescriber
Description:	Drugs prescribed for non-cardiac conditions can have unexpected and serious cardiac effects. These may occur while taking the drug or can be delayed for years.
Date:	Apr 2011

Title:	Treatments for Heart Attacks
Publisher:	HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:	Links to information about treatments for heart attacks.
Date:	Jan 2011

Title:	Angina - myDr.com.au
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	Angina is chest pain or discomfort caused by inadequate oxygen supply to the heart, usually due to narrowing of the coronary arteries. Treatments include medicines such as nitrates and coronary artery stents or surgery.
Date:	Jun 2010

Title:	Indomethacin (Indocid PDA): anticipated shortage
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	The TGA is aware of an expected, temporary shortage of supplies of injectable indomethacin (trade name INDOCID PDA) in Australia from February 2010.
Date:	Jan 2010

Title:	Heart failure overview - myDr.com.au
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	Heart failure means the heart has a reduced ability to pump blood around the body.
Date:	Jun 2009

Title:	Lowering cholesterol
Publisher:	Australian Prescriber
Description:	Lowering the person's cholesterol will lower their risk of heart disease.
Date:	Oct 2008

Title:	How to treat hypercholesterolaemia
Publisher:	Australian Prescriber
Description:	Elevated LDL cholesterol is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease and is the major target of therapy to prevent coronary events.
Date:	Oct 2008

Title:	Angina treatments - myDr.com.au
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	Most angina medicines and treatments for angina either make the heart pump more slowly or improve blood flow to the heart.
Date:	Jun 2008

Title:	Link between heart disease & reproductive hormone relaxin
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	What is Relaxin? Relaxin- a marker of heart disease? Functional role for relaxin? Therapeutic potential of relaxin? Future research on relaxin
Date:	May 2008

Title:	Heart disease and HT
Publisher:	The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:	The Jean Hailes Foundation answers your questions about the findings of the Women's Health Initiative Estrogen plus Progestin Study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine August 7, 2003.
Date:	May 2008

Title:	American Women's Health Initiative
Publisher:	The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:	In July 2002 the announcement of the results of the combined hormone treatment trial within the American Women's Health Initiative (WHI) was greeted with alarm, primarily because of the manner in which the breast cancer results were presented.
Date:	May 2008

Title:	Treating blocked arteries (Comments for consumers)
Publisher:	Australian Prescriber
Description:	When a coronary artery gets blocked it can cause a heart attack. After a blockage is removed a device called a stent may be used to keep the artery open.
Date:	Aug 2007

Title:	Antiplatelet therapy after coronary occlusion
Publisher:	Australian Prescriber
Description:	Platelets are pivotal in the pathogenesis of acute coronary syndrome and in the complications following the implantation of coronary stents.
Date:	Aug 2007

Title:	Triglycerides - myDr.com.au
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	Find out about triglycerides, a type of fat found in your blood.
Date:	Mar 2007

Title:	Amiodarone
Publisher:	Australian Prescriber
Description:	Amiodarone is the most effective antiarrhythmic drug available. It is a difficult and challenging drug to use in clinical practice. This is because of its very prolonged half-life and because of its multiple adverse effects.
Date:	Dec 2005

Title:	Heart attack - myDr.com.au
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	A heart attack (myocardial infarction) occurs when the arterial blood supply to the heart muscle is blocked.
Date:	Mar 2003

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