Key result
Managing hypertension in the elderly provides extensively documented benefits that warrant overcoming therapeutic inertia despite challenges with altered pharmacokinetics, comorbidities, and compliance.
Population
Elderly patients with hypertension
Design
Review
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Supports addressing therapeutic inertia in elderly hypertension; extends evidence while leaving optimal regimens in frailty open.
Despite challenges such as altered pharmacokinetics, polypharmacy, and compliance issues, treating hypertension in the elderly provides well-documented benefits and warrants overcoming therapeutic inertia.
Rosenthal et al. (2008) conducted a review in Hypertension in the elderly. Antihypertensive drugs was evaluated. Managing hypertension in the elderly provides extensively documented benefits that warrant overcoming therapeutic inertia despite challenges with altered pharmacokinetics, comorbidities, and compliance.
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