Why the study?
Does cilnidipine improve blood pressure, pulse rate, and proteinuria compared to amlodipine in hypertensive patients?
Does cilnidipine improve blood pressure, pulse rate, and proteinuria compared to amlodipine in hypertensive patients?
Cilnidipine offers an advantage over amlodipine in hypertensive patients by providing greater reductions in pulse rate and proteinuria alongside comparable blood pressure lowering.
Cilnidipine was associated with greater pulse rate and proteinuria reductions; leaves open whether benefits warrant RCTs before practice consideration.
Background: Cilnidipine is a novel and unique 1,4-dydropyridine derivative calcium antagonist that exerts potent inhibitory actions not only on L-type but also on N-type voltage dependent calcium channels. Blockade of the neural N-type calcium channel inhibits the secretion of norepinephrine from peripheral neural terminals and depresses sympathetic nervous system activity.Objective and methods: The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of Cilnidipine and Amlodipine on blood pressure (BP) levels. We did BP monitoring before and after once-daily use of Cilnidipine and Amlodipine in 100 hypertensive patients.Results: Both drugs significantly reduced systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP). However, the reductions in pulse rate (PR) were significantly greater in the Cilnidipine group than the Amlodipine group. N-type calcium channel blockade by Cilnidipine may not cause reflex tachycardia, and may be useful for hypertensive treatment.Conclusion: There was significant reduction in proteinuria with Clindipine as compared to Amlodipine. However, there were no significant change in total cholesterol level in diabetes and non-diabetics in both the group.Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.15(3) 2016 p.460-465
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