Key result
Various drugs, including NSAIDs and steroids, can cause or exacerbate hypertension, representing a common cause of resistance to antihypertensive therapy.
Population
Patients with hypertension or resistant hypertension
Design
Review
Authors
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Thorough drug history may avert unnecessary intensification and diagnostics in resistant hypertension; supports targeted evaluation but leaves open prospective studies.
Thorough medical history to identify concurrent therapies can prevent unnecessary aggressive antihypertensive treatment and costly diagnostic procedures for drug-related resistant hypertension.
Rossi et al. (2011) conducted a review in Drug-related hypertension. Hypertension-inducing drugs was evaluated. Various drugs, including NSAIDs and steroids, can cause or exacerbate hypertension, representing a common cause of resistance to antihypertensive therapy.
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