Why the study?
Does intermittent therapy or complete discontinuation of therapy prevent subsequent rise in arterial pressure in patients with mild essential hypertension?
Does intermittent therapy or complete discontinuation of therapy prevent subsequent rise in arterial pressure in patients with mild essential hypertension?
Discontinuation of antihypertensive therapy may be feasible for months to years in carefully selected patients with mild essential hypertension.
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May support discontinuation trials in mild hypertension subsets; leaves open need for randomized outcome data before practice change.
R. Schmieder (1991) studied this question.
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