Why the study?
Does discontinuation or step-down of antihypertensive therapy maintain blood pressure control in patients with mild essential hypertension?
Does discontinuation or step-down of antihypertensive therapy maintain blood pressure control in patients with mild essential hypertension?
Discontinuation of antihypertensive therapy may be a safe and effective alternative to lifelong medication in carefully selected patients with mild essential hypertension, though long-term mortality data is lacking.
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May support de-escalation trials in mild hypertension subsets; leaves open need for long-term outcome data.
R. E. Schmieder (1991) studied this question.
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