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Placebo does not lower ambulatory blood pressure.
Author(s) -
Dupont AG,
Niepen P,
Six RO
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.216
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1365-2125
pISSN - 0306-5251
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1987.tb03145.x
Subject(s) - placebo , medicine , ambulatory , ambulatory blood pressure , blood pressure , randomized controlled trial , anesthesia , alternative medicine , pathology
The effects of 4 weeks of placebo on clinic and on ambulatory blood pressure, measured non‐invasively using the Remler M 2000 portometer, were studied in 46 hypertensive patients who were included in three consecutive double‐blind randomized placebo‐controlled trials with antihypertensive drugs. Placebo significantly reduced clinic blood pressure, but had no significant effect on ambulatory blood pressure.