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Treatment of Hypertension in the Elderly with Pindolol and Clopamide
Author(s) -
PERSSON I.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1978.tb03680.x
Subject(s) - pindolol , medicine , diuretic , blood pressure , washout , anesthesia , propranolol
After a 2‐week washout period, 30 elderly hypertensive patients were treated with pindolol (a /3‐adrenergic blocker) for 3 weeks. In 13 patients the reduction in blood pressure was satisfactory and treatment with pindolol was continued for another 4 weeks. In 17 patients the subsequent treatment was supplemented with clopamide (a diuretic) for 4 weeks; in 6 the results were satisfactory. Side effects were few and mild.