What should I do if my gums are swollen after taking antihypertensive drugs?
Nowadays, more and more people suffer from hypertension. Most patients with hypertension need to take drugs for a long time to control their blood pressure. Some side effects of drugs have brought great influence to everyone. There is a kind of drug with good antihypertensive effect, but it will affect gingiva. This kind of drug is the dipine antihypertensive drug we often see, such as [nifedipine] [amlodipine] [felodipine], etc. This kind of antihypertensive drug is calcium channel blocker, which can reduce blood pressure and at the same time make gingival hyperplasia, which is commonly referred to as drug-induced gingival hyperplasia. Patients taking this kind of medicine sometimes feel red swelling, pain and bleeding of gums. During oral examination of these Read More …