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LONG‐TERM EXPERIENCES WITH LABETALOL
Author(s) -
Myers J.,
Morgan T.,
Waga S.,
Hodgson M.,
Adam W.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb135218.x
Subject(s) - labetalol , blood pressure , thiazide , medicine , anesthesia , drug , cardiology , pharmacology
Labetalol has been used in 83 patients with severe hypertension resistant to a wide number of drugs. Adequate blood pressure control was achieved in 50 patients. Seven patients with a response in blood pressure had administration of the drug ceased because of side effects. Twenty‐two of these resistant patients had little fall in blood pressure. Labetalol can be used safely in severe resistant hypertension and is indicated when a thiazide and ß‐blocking drug has failed to reduce blood pressure.