title: [Side-effects on longterm treatment with antihypertensives (author's transl)].
abstract: Unspecific complaints as a result of lowering the blood pressure and substance-specific side-effects may occur during antihypertensive therapy. The frequency of the side-effects depends on the substance used (10 to 50%) and on the dose. An individual therapy, which in most cases involves the use of several substances, can reduce the frequency of side-effects decisively. With optimal therapy the ratio of benefits (= prevention of cardiovascular diseases) to side-effects (= sum of undesirable reactions) is completely acceptable in the treatment of high blood pressure.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001249:Asthma / Q000139:chemically induced; D003248:Constipation / Q000139:chemically induced; D005221:Fatigue / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors; D014839:Vomiting / Q000139:chemically induced; D014987:Xerostomia / Q000139:chemically induced
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents
vernacular_title: Nebenwirkungen der Antihypertensiva bei Langzeittherapie.