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ʻO Methyldopa kahi lāʻau lapaʻau i kauoha ʻia e hoʻohana nui ʻia e mālama i ke koko kiʻekiʻe (hypertension). ʻO ia kekahi o nā lāʻau lapaʻau koko kiʻekiʻe kahiko e hana ana ma ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i kāu ʻōnaehana nerve e kōkua i kou mau kīʻaha koko e hoʻomaha a ākea, e maʻalahi ai i kou puʻuwai e pauma i ke koko i loko o kou kino.
Ua hilinaʻi ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e nā kauka no nā makahiki he nui, ʻoiai no nā wahine hāpai me ke koko kiʻekiʻe, ma muli o kāna moʻolelo palekana i hōʻoia ʻia. Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻike iā ia ma nā inoa inoa e like me Aldomet, ʻoiai ua loaʻa maʻamau ʻia ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau i kēia lā.
Hoʻonohonoho mua ʻia ʻo Methyldopa e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ke koko kiʻekiʻe i nā pākeke a me nā keiki. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ke hana ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau koko kiʻekiʻe ʻē aʻe iā ʻoe a i ʻole ke pono ʻoe i kahi koho mālie me nā pilina liʻiliʻi.
He mea waiwai nui kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no nā wahine hāpai e hoʻomohala i ke koko kiʻekiʻe i ka wā hāpai. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā lāʻau lapaʻau koko kiʻekiʻe palekana loa i ka wā hāpai no ka mea ʻaʻole ia e hele i ka placenta i nā mea ʻino a i ʻole e hoʻopilikia i ka pēpē e ulu nei.
I kekahi manawa, kauoha nā kauka i ka methyldopa no nā maʻi ʻē aʻe kahi e pono ai ka mālama ʻana i ke koko. Hiki i kēia mau mea ke komo i kekahi mau pilikia o ka puʻupaʻa a i ʻole nā maʻi puʻuwai kahi e kōkua ai ka mālama ʻana i ke koko haʻahaʻa i ka pale ʻana i kou mau ʻōpū mai ka pōʻino.
Hana ʻo Methyldopa ma ka hana ʻana i ke kikowaena mana o kou lolo no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke koko. Hoʻohālike ia i kahi kemika lolo maoli i kapa ʻia ʻo norepinephrine, e hoʻopunipuni ana i kāu ʻōnaehana nerve i ka manaʻo ʻaʻole pono e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ke koko.
E manaʻo e like me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka leo o ka ʻōnaehana hoʻomalu koko o kou kino. Ke hiki ka methyldopa i kou lolo, hoʻemi ia i nā hōʻailona e haʻi maʻamau i kou mau kīʻaha koko e paʻa a me kou puʻuwai e pauma ikaika.
Ua manaʻo ʻia he lāʻau lapaʻau koko me ka ikaika waena. ʻAʻole ia i ka ikaika e like me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau hou, akā he paʻa a hilinaʻi, e hana mālie ana i nā hola he nui e mālama i ka mana koko mau i ka lā.
E lawe i ka methyldopa e like me ke kauoha a kāu kauka, maʻamau 2-3 manawa i ka lā me ka ʻole a i ʻole me ka meaʻai. Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe me ka waiū, ka wai, a i ʻole ka wai hua - ʻo nā mea a pau e ʻoluʻolu ai kou ʻōpū.
He mea kōkua ke lawe i ka methyldopa i nā manawa like i kēlā me kēia lā e mālama i nā pae paʻa i loko o kou koko. He nui ka poʻe i ʻike he maʻalahi ke hoʻomanaʻo ʻana ma ka hoʻopili ʻana iā ia i nā meaʻai a i ʻole nā hana maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā e like me ka palaki ʻana i nā niho.
Inā ʻoe e ʻike i ka pilikia o ka ʻōpū, e hoʻāʻo e lawe me ka meaʻai a i ʻole ka waiū. Ua ʻike kekahi poʻe i ka ʻai ʻana i kahi meaʻai māmā ma mua o ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i kekahi pilikia digestive.
Mai ʻoki a nau paha i nā papa inā ʻaʻole i haʻi pololei kāu kauka iā ʻoe. E ale i nā mea a pau me ka nui o ka wai e hōʻoia i ka hana pono ʻana i kāu ʻōnaehana.
Lawe ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i ka methyldopa no nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki ma ke ʻano he lapaʻau lōʻihi no ke koko kiʻekiʻe. E hoʻoholo kāu kauka i ka lōʻihi kūpono e pili ana i ka maikaʻi o ka pane ʻana o kou koko a inā ʻoe e ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ke koko he hana hoʻolaʻa i ke ola, no laila, mai kahaha inā ʻōlelo kāu kauka e hoʻomau i ka methyldopa no ka manawa pau ʻole. ʻAʻole kēia manaʻo he hewa kekahi mea - ʻo ia hoʻi, ua pōmaikaʻi kou kino mai ke kākoʻo mau e hāʻawi nei kēia lāʻau lapaʻau.
E nānā mau kāu kauka i kou koko a hiki ke hoʻoponopono i kāu mahele lāʻau a i ʻole e hoʻololi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau inā pono. Mai hooki koke i ka lawe ʻana i ka methyldopa me ka ʻole e kamaʻilio mua me kāu kauka, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻonui i kou koko i ke kiʻekiʻe weliweli.
E like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki i ka methyldopa ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai he nui ka poʻe i ʻike i nā pilikia liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻole paha. ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau he maʻalahi a hoʻomaikaʻi pinepine i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao e ʻike nui ai ʻoe, ʻoiai i nā pule mua o kāu lapaʻau:
ʻO kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e mae pinepine i ka wā e maʻa ai kou kino i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, maʻamau i loko o 2-4 mau pule.
ʻIke kekahi poʻe i nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi akā hiki ke mālama ʻia e pono ai ka nānā ʻana mai kāu kauka:
ʻOiai hiki i kēia mau hopena ke hoʻopilikia, ʻaʻole lākou he mea weliweli a hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi me nā hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka mahele lāʻau.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao laha akā koʻikoʻi e koi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke, ʻoiai e pili ana lākou i ka liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe e lawe ana i ka methyldopa:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona koʻikoʻi, e kelepona koke i kāu kauka a i ʻole e ʻimi i ka mālama ulia pōpilikia. E hoʻomanaʻo, ʻaʻole maʻamau kēia mau hopena koʻikoʻi, akā he mea nui e ʻike i ka mea e nānā ai.
ʻAʻole kūpono ʻo Methyldopa no nā mea a pau, a e noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i kāu kiʻi olakino piha ma mua o ke kau ʻana. ʻO kekahi mau maʻi e hoʻopilikia ai kēia lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi o ka maikaʻi.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe iā methyldopa inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi ate hana a i ʻole ka mōʻaukala o nā pilikia ate i hana ʻia e methyldopa i ka wā i hala. Hoʻoponopono kou ate i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, no laila he mea nui ka hana ate olakino no ka hoʻohana palekana.
ʻO nā poʻe me ke kaumaha nui a i ʻole ka poʻe e lawe ana i kekahi mau antidepressants i kapa ʻia ʻo MAO inhibitors e pale aku iā methyldopa. Hiki i ka hui ʻana ke hoʻonui i ke kaumaha a i ʻole ke kumu o nā pilina weliweli me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pheochromocytoma (he maʻi maʻamau o ka adrenal gland), hiki i ka methyldopa ke hoʻoulu i nā piʻi weliweli i ke koko. E hoʻāʻo kāu kauka no kēia maʻi inā he kānalua.
Pono kekahi mau maʻi ʻē aʻe i ka noʻonoʻo pono a me ka nānā pono inā ʻoe e lawe iā methyldopa:
E kau ana kāu kauka i nā pōmaikaʻi e kūʻē i nā pilikia e hiki mai ana a hiki ke koho i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe inā ʻaʻole kūpono ʻo methyldopa i kou kūlana.
Loaʻa ʻo Methyldopa ma lalo o nā inoa inoa like ʻole, akā hoʻohana ka nui o nā kānaka i ka mana generic. ʻO ka inoa inoa maʻamau ʻo Aldomet, ʻo ia ka mea mua i ka wā i hoʻolauna mua ʻia ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻO nā inoa inoa ʻē aʻe āu e hālāwai ai, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Aldoril (he hui pū me hydrochlorothiazide) a me nā mana like ʻole o nā mea hana generic. Hana ka palapala generic e like me ka maikaʻi e like me nā mana inoa inoa a he mea kūʻai pinepine ʻia.
Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka inoa inoa a i ʻole ka methyldopa generic, e mau ana ka mea hana a me ka pono. Hiki i kāu kauka lapaʻau ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i nā ʻokoʻa i ke ʻano a i ʻole nā mea hana ʻole inā ʻoe e hoʻololi ma waena o nā mea hana.
Inā ʻaʻole hana maikaʻi ʻo methyldopa iā ʻoe a i ʻole ke kumu o nā hopena ʻaoʻao e hoʻopilikia ai, he nui nā lāʻau lapaʻau koko kiʻekiʻe ʻē aʻe e koho ai kāu kauka. Hana ʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia ʻano a hiki ke kūpono i kāu mau pono.
ʻO nā mea pale ACE e like me lisinopril a i ʻole enalapril he mau koho mua pinepine. Hana lākou ma ka hoʻomaha ʻana i nā kīʻaha koko a ua ʻae maikaʻi ʻia me nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi ma mua o methyldopa.
Hāʻawi nā mea pale kahawai calcium e like me amlodipine a i ʻole nifedipine i kahi koho ʻē aʻe. Pale kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau i ka calcium mai ke komo ʻana i kou puʻuwai a me nā cell kīʻaha koko, e kōkua ana iā lākou e hoʻomaha a hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ke koko.
Hoʻolohi nā mea pale Beta e like me metoprolol a i ʻole atenolol i kou puʻuwai a hoʻemi i ka ikaika o kou puʻuwai. He mea kōkua nui lākou inā he pilikia kou puʻuwai a i ʻole i loaʻa i ka puʻuwai.
Kōkua nā diuretics (nā pila wai) e like me hydrochlorothiazide i kou mau puʻupaʻa e wehe i ka wai nui a me ka paʻakai mai kou kino. Hoʻohui pinepine ʻia lākou me nā lāʻau lapaʻau koko kiʻekiʻe ʻē aʻe no ka mana maikaʻi.
E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i kou makahiki, nā maʻi olakino ʻē aʻe, a pehea ʻoe e pane ai i nā lāʻau lapaʻau like ʻole i ke koho ʻana i ke koho maikaʻi loa nāu.
Aia nō i kou kūlana olakino pilikino a me kou pane ʻana i kēlā me kēia lāʻau lapaʻau inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o methyldopa ma mua o lisinopril. He mau lāʻau lapaʻau koko kiʻekiʻe maikaʻi lāua ʻelua, akā hana lāua ma nā ʻano like ʻole a he mau hopena ʻaoʻao like ʻole.
Makemake pinepine ʻia ʻo Lisinopril ma ke ʻano he lapaʻau mua no ka mea he liʻiliʻi nā hopena ʻaoʻao a ʻaʻole hoʻi e hoʻoulu i ka hiamoe e like me ka methyldopa. Hoʻohana ʻia hoʻi i hoʻokahi manawa i ka lā, a he mea maʻalahi ia no nā kānaka he nui.
Eia naʻe, he mau pōmaikaʻi ko methyldopa i kekahi mau kūlana. He palekana loa ia i ka wā hāpai, a he koho maikaʻi loa ia no nā wahine hāpai me ke koko kiʻekiʻe. Ua hoʻohana ʻia hoʻi no ka manawa lōʻihi a he moʻolelo palekana nui.
He maikaʻi paha ʻo Methyldopa nāu inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi kīkī, no ka mea, ua hana ʻia ia ma ke ʻano like ʻole ma mua o lisinopril. Hoʻomanawanui kekahi poʻe i ka methyldopa inā loaʻa iā lākou nā pilikia me nā mea pale ACE e like me lisinopril e hoʻoulu ana i ka ʻū mau.
E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i kāu moʻolelo olakino piha, nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe āu e lawe nei, a me kāu mau makemake pilikino i ka wā e hoʻoholo ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi loa nāu.
ʻAe, palekana maʻamau ʻo methyldopa no nā kānaka me ka maʻi puʻuwai a hiki ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i kou puʻuwai ma ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ke koko kiʻekiʻe. Hoʻoikaika ke koko kiʻekiʻe i kou puʻuwai, no laila, hiki i ka mālama ʻana me methyldopa ke hōʻemi i ke kaumaha ma kāu ʻōnaehana cardiovascular.
Eia naʻe, e nānā pono kāu kauka iā ʻoe inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi puʻuwai. Hiki i ka Methyldopa ke hoʻoulu i ka wai a i ʻole e hoʻopilikia i ka puʻuwai, no laila, kōkua nā nānā maʻamau e hōʻoia e hana maikaʻi ana ia nāu me ka ʻole o ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā pilikia.
Inā ua lawe ʻoe i ka nui loa o ka methyldopa, e kelepona koke i kāu kauka a i ʻole ke kikowaena mana ʻawaʻawa, ʻoiai inā maikaʻi ʻoe. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka nui loa hiki ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ke koko, ka hiamoe nui, a i ʻole ka nāwaliwali.
Mai hoʻāʻo e "hoʻoponopono" i ka overdose ma ka haʻalele ʻana i kāu mahele aʻe. Akā, e ʻimi i ke alakaʻi olakino koke. Inā ʻoe e ʻike nei i nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e like me ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka ʻeha o ka umauma, a i ʻole ka nalowale o ka ʻike, e kelepona koke i nā lawelawe pilikia.
Inā ua hala ʻoe i kahi mahele o ka methyldopa, e lawe koke iā ia ke hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe, ke ʻole kokoke ka manawa no kāu mahele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. I kēlā hihia, e haʻalele i ka mahele i hala a e hoʻomau me kāu papa manawa maʻamau.
Mai lawe i ʻelua mahele i ka manawa hoʻokahi e hoʻoponopono ai i kahi mahele i hala, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa i kou koko. Inā poina pinepine ʻoe i nā mahele, e noʻonoʻo e hoʻonohonoho i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo kelepona a i ʻole e hoʻohana i kahi mea hoʻonohonoho pila e kōkua iā ʻoe e noho ma ke ala.
Pono ʻoe e hooki i ka lawe ʻana i ka methyldopa ma lalo o ka mālama ʻana a kāu kauka. ʻOiai inā maikaʻi ʻoe a me he mea lā he maʻamau kou koko, ʻo ka hooki ʻana i ka hikiwawe hiki ke hoʻoulu i kahi hopena rebound weliweli kahi e piʻi nui ai kou koko ma mua o ka wā ma mua.
E hoʻohaʻahaʻa mālie kāu kauka i kāu mahele i nā pule he nui inā hoʻoholo lākou ʻaʻole pono hou ʻoe i ka methyldopa. Kōkua kēia kaʻina hana tapering i kou kino e hoʻoponopono palekana a pale i nā pilikia mai nā loli koke i ke koko.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi e kaupalena i ka ʻai ʻana i ka waiʻona i ka wā e lawe ana i ka methyldopa, no ka mea, hiki i nā mea ʻelua ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa i kou koko a hoʻoulu i ka ʻūlū a i ʻole ka hiamoe. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana iā lākou hiki ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o ka hāʻule a i ʻole nā pōʻino.
Inā koho ʻoe e inu i kekahi manawa, e hana pēlā me ke ana a e nānā i kou manaʻo. E hoʻomaka me ka liʻiliʻi o ka waiʻona ma mua o ka maʻamau e ʻike i ke ʻano o ka pane ʻana o kou kino, a e pale i ka inu ʻana inā ua manaʻo ʻoe i ka wili a i ʻole ka luhi mai ka lāʻau.
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