title: The centrally acting drugs.
abstract: Concern has been expressed about the adverse effects of the centrally acting antihypertensive drugs. The use of this class of medication has declined in recent years. However, evidence from carefully controlled trials indicates that the centrally acting antihypertensive medications can be effective and well tolerated in elderly hypertensive patients when low starting doses are used and when the doses are increased carefully. Centrally acting antihypertensive medications appear to have a useful role in the management of hypertension in the elderly.
authors: Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors: S G
authors: SG
authors: Carruthers
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents