title: [Potassium canrenoate and the combination of potassium canrenoate-butizide in the therapy of light to moderate arterial hypertension].
abstract: The aim of the study was to evaluate the antihypertensive effect of K-canrenoate, alone or in combination with butizide, in mild to moderate essential hypertensives. Fifteen patients (supine diastolic blood pressure ranging from 95 to 114 mmHg) received K-canrenoate 50mg/die (step 1). In patients with supine diastolic blood pressure greater than 90 mmHg therapeutic regimen was modified at two-week intervals according to the following design: K-canrenoate 100 mg/die (step 2), K-canrenoate 50 mg + butizide 5 mg/die (step 3), K-canrenoate 100 mg + butizide 10 mg/die (step 4). Blood pressure control was achieved in 2 patients treated with K-canrenoate alone (step 2) and in 8 patients on a combined regimen (step 3), and it was maintained throughout the whole trial period (12 weeks); step 4 did not achieve the goal of therapy in the remaining 5 subjects. A statistically significant increase in triglyceridemia (123.2 +/- 42.1 vs 158.3 +/- 62 mg/dl) and uricemia (4.6 +/- 0.9 vs 5 +/- 0.9 mg/dl) was observed at the end of the follow-up period. Serum potassium levels remained stable in all patients. Therefore, K-canrenoate in combination with butizide is an effective and well tolerated drug in the treatment of mild to moderate essential hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Nefrologia, I Scuola di Specializzazione in Nefrologia, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morabito
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fabiano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Puliti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Palumbo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marinelli
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Simonetti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pierucci
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002191:Canrenoic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004232:Diuretics; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004361:Drug Tolerance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006852:Hydrochlorothiazide / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049993:Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D004232:Diuretics; D049993:Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors; D006852:Hydrochlorothiazide; D002191:Canrenoic Acid; C009732:buthiazide
vernacular_title: Il canrenoato di potassio e l'associazione canrenoato di potassio-butizide nella terapia dell'ipertensione arteriosa di grado lieve-moderato.