Why the study?
Does diltiazem improve hypertension in patients with isolated hypertension or hypertension associated with cardiac ischemia?
Does diltiazem improve hypertension in patients with isolated hypertension or hypertension associated with cardiac ischemia?
A small clinical study suggests diltiazem remains an effective treatment for hypertension, arguing against its marginalization in clinical practice.
Diltiazem may support hypertension control; Level 5 data leave comparative effectiveness versus modern agents open.
Diltiazem, a drug from the group of calcium channel blockers, has been gradually marginalized over last ten years as a choice of treatment for hypertension. Amlodopine has replaced both diltiazenm and older calcium channel blockers, thus becoming one of the most frequently prescribed antihypertensive drugs in our country. Author conducted a small clinical study to verify empirical effectiveness of diltiazem in treatment of hypertension, isolated or associated with cardiac ischemia. Results demonstrate that diltiazem is an effective antihypertensive drug, which has been suppressed from daily clinical practice without compelling reasons.
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