title: [The 24-hour-effect of bisoprolol on blood pressure at rest and during stress].
abstract: In a multi-center study, 188 patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension were treated with the beta-1 selective beta blocker bisoprolol. Treatment was started with 5 mg bisoprolol once a day; if the aim of therapy, namely normalising (less than or equal to 90 mmHg) the diastolic blood pressure at rest (DBP-R) 24 hours after drug intake was not achieved, the dose was increased every two weeks to a maximum of 20 mg. With the individual dose established in this way, the patients were admitted to long-term treatment that was scheduled to last one year. Prior to and during bisoprolol therapy, bicycle ergometry studies were carried out up to a maximum of 100 watts. After only two weeks on 5 mg bisoprolol, both resting and exercise blood pressures were clearly reduced. By means of success-related dose increments, normalisation of the DBP-R was achieved in 79% of the patients by the end of the 6th week. The percentage of patients manifesting load-positive blood pressure reactions during exercise was reduced from 63 to 18%. On conclusion of one year of treatment, 33%, 56% and 11% of the patients were receiving 5 mg, 10 mg and 20 mg bisoprolol, respectively. On the basis of subjective and objective parameters, including laboratory examinations, bisoprolol was seen to be well tolerated even over the long term.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bethge
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Litterer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prager
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017298:Bisoprolol; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000187:drug effects*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D011412:Propanolamines; D017298:Bisoprolol
vernacular_title: 24-Stunden-Wirkung von Bisoprolol auf Ruhe- und Belastungsblutdruck.