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michigan hypertension core curriculum - State of Michigan

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Degree <strong>of</strong> Hypertension Management<br />

Mild Rest, No medication<br />

Moderate Single agent therapy<br />

Severe Combination <strong>of</strong> Multiple agents<br />

Pharmacologic Therapy:<br />

Drugs for Gestational or Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy<br />

DRUG DOSE POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS<br />

Methyldopa 0.5 to 3.0 g/d in 2 divided doses<br />

Beta blockers<br />

Labetalol<br />

Hydralazine<br />

Nifedipine<br />

Diuretics<br />

Hydrochlorothiazide:<br />

Furosemide<br />

ACE inhibitors and<br />

ARBs<br />

200 to 1200 mg/d in 2 to 3 divided<br />

doses<br />

50 to 300 mg/d in 2 to 4 divided<br />

doses<br />

30 to 120 mg/d <strong>of</strong> a slow-release<br />

preparation<br />

12.5 to 25.0 mg/d<br />

40 to 80 mg daily<br />

Contraindicated<br />

orthostatic hypotension ,hepatitis<br />

and hemolytic anemia<br />

decrease uteroplacental blood<br />

flow; risk <strong>of</strong> growth restriction when<br />

started in first or second trimester<br />

(atenolol);<br />

fetal growth restriction<br />

neonatal thrombocytopenia<br />

volume contraction and electrolyte<br />

disorders<br />

cardiac defects, fetopathy,<br />

oligohydramnios, growth restriction,<br />

renal agenesis and neonatal anuric<br />

renal failure<br />

Methydopa is the most commonly used oral antihypertensive agent in pregnancy. It is a<br />

centrally acting α-2 receptor agonist, is usually well tolerated by pregnant women with a broad safety<br />

margin. Treatment with methyldopa has been reported to prevent subsequent progression to severe<br />

<strong>hypertension</strong> in pregnancy and does not seem to have adverse effects on uteroplacental or fetal<br />

hemodynamics or on fetal well being. 14 Children born to hypertensive women who received methyldopa<br />

treatment during pregnancy were followed from birth until age <strong>of</strong> 7 1/2 years. The frequency <strong>of</strong><br />

problems with health, physical or mental handicap, sight, hearing, and behaviour was the same in<br />

children <strong>of</strong> treated and untreated women. 15 Methyldopa has also been shown recently to ameliorate the<br />

abnormal vascular stiffness characteristic <strong>of</strong> hypertensive disorders during pregnancy. 16 Methydopainduced<br />

hepatitis and hemolytic anemia are rare side effects with short term treatment.<br />

β-blockers are also widely used in pregnancy. None <strong>of</strong> the β-blockers have been associated<br />

with teratogenicity. A well designed prospective study from Glasgow reported that babies born to<br />

NKFM & MDCH 263

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