From this article you will learn: Corvalol raises or lowers the pressure. Whether it is possible to drink it at raised or lowered BP.
Corvalol is a combination of esters of valeric acid, menthol and phenobarbital. The main action of the drug is sedation or sedation. Influencing the central nervous system, the drug relaxes the walls of blood vessels and reduces the heart rate, thereby reducing blood pressure. It is important to understand that in the instructions to the drug there is no indication such as hypertensive crisis or hypertension, but in a number of cases the combined use of Corvalol with other medicines can have a good effect in lowering blood pressure.
The drug has no serious side effects or contraindications, it is dispensed without a doctor's prescription, but before applying Corvalol to pressure or for other purposes it is worth consulting with a doctor-therapist or cardiologist.
Mechanism of action of Corvalol on pressure
Let us consider in more detail the active ingredients of the drug Corvalol:
- Ethyl bromizovaleric acid - in the common people "bromine" - has a reflex action through the receptors of the oral cavity. The substance relaxes the wall of blood vessels, causes protective inhibition in the cells of the brain, slows the heart rate and thereby lowers blood pressure.
- Phenobarbital - in principle is an antiepileptic drug, but in the composition of Corvalol it is contained in the minimum concentration. In this concentration, phenobarbital has spasmolytic, sedative and hypnotic properties.
- Peppermint essential oil also reflexively irritates the receptors of the mucous membranes of the mouth and nasopharynx, providing a soothing and vasodilating action.
Peppermint essential oil is part of Corvalol and carries the following effects of Thanks to all these properties, Corvalol slightly reduces blood pressure. It is important to understand that Corvalol achieves a more or less good effect only in those patients in whom blood pressure is increased due to vasospasm and increased nervous excitability.
In the instructions to the drug there is no line "Arterial hypertension".A slight decrease in pressure is more a useful "side effect". Corvalol can not be administered from pressure as a single drug - it must be supplemented with other, "profile" drugs. The main action of Corvalol is hypnotic and soothing. People can use the medicine for their intended purpose both with increased, and with normal or low blood pressure.
The main nuance in the use of Corvalol is a rather pronounced addiction to the drug, which manifests itself after 2 weeks of daily intake. And then the effects of Corvalol are noticeably reduced, both basic and secondary. That's why you should not abuse the medicine.
