title: [Therapy comparison between the combination hydergine/nifedipine and nifedipine alone in patients with isolated systolic hypertension].
abstract: The effect of Hydergine/Nifedipine (Pontuc) on blood pressure in supine or exercise blood pressure as well as subjective well-being was evaluated in a randomized, double-blind interindividual comparison with Nifedipine in 50 elderly out-patients (34 females, 16 males) with mostly pretreated isolated systolic hypertension. In addition to a nearly unchanged diastolic blood pressure during treatment the results prove that the drop in systolic blood pressure was statistically significant greater after treatment with Hydergine/Nifedipine and the normalization rate of the blood pressure was 81% in comparison to 69% after Nifedipine. Both drugs comparatively improved the subjective well-being of these geriatric patients. As drug specific adverse events flush symptoms were more frequent in the Nifedipine group, whereas in the Hydergine/Nifedipine group gastrointestinal symptoms occurred more often.
authors.affiliation: Physiologisches Institut Universität München.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dominiak
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weidinger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004088:Dihydroergotoxine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D004088:Dihydroergotoxine; D009543:Nifedipine