Photo by: Rob Byron. Community mental health is a decentralized pattern of mental health, mental health care, or other services for people with mental illnesses. Community-based care is designed to supplement and decrease the need for more costly inpatient mental health care delivered in hospitals.
Candesartan is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems.
If you have lupus, you should be cautious about taking the blood pressure drug Atacand HCT. This drug has two active ingredients: candesartan and hydrochlorothiazide. Candesartan is an angiotensin II receptor antagonist, and hydrochlorothiazide is a thiazide diuretic. These drugs reduce blood pressure in different ways. However, thiazide diuretics may worsen lupus in people who have the condition.