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Commentary in Support of a Highly Effective Hypertension Treatment Algorithm

Author(s) -

Handler Joel

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the journal of clinical hypertension

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909

H-Index - 67

eISSN - 1751-7176

pISSN - 1524-6175

DOI - 10.1111/jch.12182

Subject(s) - medicine , hydrochlorothiazide , lisinopril , spironolactone , amlodipine , algorithm , drug , cardiology , pharmacology , blood pressure , aldosterone , angiotensin converting enzyme , computer science

A simple hypertension treatment algorithm has contributed to the achievement of control rates greater than 85% for more than 1 million adults with hypertension across the United States. It is built on the fixed‐dose combination drug lisinopril/hydrochlorothiazide, which is maximized in three steps before adding amlodipine. Spironolactone is the preferred fourth drug.

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