Journal of Family Practice - What we really need to do to reduce cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients: treatment to goal is key—not which antihypertensive you start with,…
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 Practice recommendations
* In your efforts to reduce cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients, concentrate on getting patients to goal, rather than on which drugs to use to get them there (A).
* Beta-blockers–especially atenolol–should not be the drug of first choice when treating older patients with hypertension (A).
* Multiple drugs are required for adequate blood pressure control in most patients (…
