Open AccessThrapeutic equivalence in the treatment of hypertension: Can lercanidipine and nifedipine GITS be considered to be interchangeable?
Author(s) -
Henry L. Elliott,
Peter A. Meredith
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1949-8462
DOI - 10.4330/wjc.v6.i6.507
Subject(s) - lercanidipine , medicine , nifedipine , blood pressure , cochrane library , ambulatory blood pressure , randomized controlled trial , lacidipine , systematic review , pharmacology , cardiology , medline , calcium , antagonist , receptor , political science , law
To undertake a review of the evidence that nifedipine GITS and lercanidipine are therapeutically equivalent in the management of essential hypertension.