title: [Treatment of arterial hypertension. Efficacy of nitrendipine 20 mg/day].
abstract: The effectiveness and acceptability of nitrendipine, given as a single 20 mg tablet in the morning, were evaluated in general practice in 6.058 hypertensive patients. Visits were planned after 2, 6 and 12 weeks of treatment. Eighty-nine percent completed the 12-week study, 95 percent of them receiving 20 mg of nitrendipine once daily. Adverse events were observed in 26 percent of the patients, mainly during the first two weeks, when flushing and peripheral edema occurred in 9 and 7 percent of the patients respectively. Both led to withdrawal of 4 percent of the patients included over 3 months. A supine diastolic blood pressure below 90 mmHg was achieved in 65 percent of the patients, irrespective of age, sex, activity, smoking habits, and presence of diabetes or previous antihypertensive therapy. This large-scale study further established the effectiveness of nitrendipine as monotherapy given once daily in most hypertensive patients. Eight out of 10 patients felt they had benefited from the treatment. The investigators were satisfied with the results in 66 percent of the patients. They considered that the main advantage of nitrendipine was ease of use.
authors.affiliation: Service de Néphrologie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ansquer
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Boussac
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lagrue
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D004487:Edema / Q000139:chemically induced; D005260:Female; D005483:Flushing / Q000139:chemically induced; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007866:Leg / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009568:Nitrendipine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D009568:Nitrendipine
vernacular_title: Traitement de l'hypertension artérielle. Efficacité de la nitrendipine 20 mg/j.