Population
All prescriptions for drugs approved for the treatment of hypertension dispensed by 35,000 retail pharmacies…
Comparison
Antihypertensive medications prescribed in 1995 vs Antihypertensive medications prescribed in 1992
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Early non-adherence to JNC V suggested; leaves open drivers of 1990s antihypertensive prescribing shifts.
Despite JNC V guidelines recommending diuretics and beta-blockers as first-line therapy, prescribing of more expensive calcium antagonists and ACE inhibitors increased between 1992 and 1995, while diuretics and beta-blockers declined.
David Siegel (1997) studied this question.
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