Essential hypertension--investigations and management.
When one is faced with the problem of essential hypertension it is prudent to pay attention to lifestyle factors, especially alcohol, smoking and obesity. Modification of salt intake in the diet is a simple measure. Drug therapy will need to be long-term therapy and ease of treatment is important, which means that drugs given once a day or at most twice a day should be used. Diuretics and beta-blockers are inexpensive and well proven but have many side-effects. Newer agents may have fewer side-effects but are more expensive. The choice will be an individual one.
Duggin
G G
GG
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Tiller
D J
DJ
D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors