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Choice of drug

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Choice of drug:

  • thiazide/thiazide-like diuretics are particularly effective at lowering BP in older people, as are dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers

  • most people will require more than one BP-lowering drug to control their BP and logical combinations are outlined in the A/CD algorithm (see linked item)

Reference:

  1. Williams B, Poulter NR, Brown MJ, Davis M, McInnes GT, Potter JF, et al. Guidelines for management of hypertension: report of the fourth working party of the British Hypertension Society, 2004—BHS IV. J Hum Hypertens 2004;18: 139-85
  2. NICE (June 2006). Management of hypertension in adults in primary care

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