Pulmonary Hypertension (PH): Treatments

Pulmonary hypertension, or PH, is increased pressure in the pulmonary arteries. These arteries carry blood from your heart to your lungs to pick up oxygen.

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Treatments for Pulmonary Hypertension (PH)

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) has no cure. However, treatment may help relieve symptoms and slow the progress of the disease.

PH is treated with medicines, procedures, and other therapies. Treatment will depend on what type of PH you have and its severity. (For more information, go to “Types of Pulmonary Hypertension.”)

Group 1 Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Group 1 pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) includes PH that’s inherited, that has no known cause, or that’s caused by certain drugs or conditions. Treatments for group 1 PAH include medicines and medical procedures.

Medicines

Your doctor may prescribe medicines to relax the blood vessels in your lungs and reduce excess cell growth in the blood vessels. As the blood vessels relax, more blood can flow through them.

Your doctor may prescribe medicines that are taken by mouth, inhaled, or injected.

Examples of medicines for group 1 PAH include… Read more about Pulmonary Hypertension (PH): Treatments