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Heart Disease
Heart Failure: Medications
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| Catalog #: | HA-100 |
|---|---|
| Duration: | 13:36 |
| Format(s): |   |
| Language(s): | English or Spanish |
Summary
This program explains that taking medications is one of the most important ways for a patient to manage heart failure. It introduces the common types of medications and how they work, including ACE Inhibitors, ARBs, Beta-blockers, Diuretics, Aldosterone Antagonists, and Digitalis. The video stresses the importance of using medications as prescribed, and explains to patients that, overtime, their medication plan may need to be adjusted to best manage their heart failure.