Five antihypertensive drug classes were analyzed separately ... beta blockers (BBs), calcium channel blockers (CCBs), and diuretics. The effect of each medication class on total cancer (first ...

The proportion of patients with any diuretic use, and use of the other antihypertensive drug classes, among patients with two, three, four, or more drugs was cross-tabulated. Included were α and ...

The therapeutic effect of a drug that can be used as a fourth drug in resistant hypertension patients using three or more ...

based on the drug's longer half-life and indirect evidence that it may be more effective in reducing cardiovascular risk. "Until we have more studies directly comparing the two diuretics ...

One of the most significant changes with respect to the 2004 version was the stance towards the use of diuretics ... prescribed at least one antihypertensive drug at least once during the period ...

Thiazides are used as antihypertensive drugs due to their ability to decrease preload and therefore blood pressure. One example of a thiazide diuretic is hydrochlorothiazide. Both thiazides and ...

a calcium channel blocker and a diuretic in one pill, while offering blood pressure reductions greater than two drugs alone." High blood pressure affects nearly 75 million adults in the United ...

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Five antihypertensive drug classes were analyzed separately ... beta blockers (BBs), calcium channel blockers (CCBs), and diuretics. The effect of each medication class on total cancer (first ...

Though overall diuretic use seems to be increasing as compared with previous studies, there is room for improvement in the use of thiazides in multi-drug hypertension regimens.