title: Lisinopril: dose-peak effect relationship in essential hypertension.
abstract: 1. The dose-peak effect relationship of lisinopril was evaluated in a double-blind, parallel study in 83 patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension (supine diastolic blood pressure = 95-115 mm Hg). 2. After a 4 week placebo washout, patients were randomly assigned to one of four treatments: lisinopril 2.5, 10, 20 or 80 mg day-1 for 1 week. 3. Lisinopril 10 and 20 mg day-1 produced similar peak antihypertensive effects which were greater than that produced by 2.5 mg day-1, but less than that of 80 mg day-1. If the incidence of first-dose symptomatic hypotension is related to the peak effect, then an initial lisinopril dose of 20 mg should not pose any greater risk than a 10 mg dose. 4. The magnitude of antihypertensive response at 24 h postdrug appeared to be dose related across the 2.5 to 80 mg day-1 range.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Clinical Research, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065-0914.
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Cirillo
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salonen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salonen
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rissanen
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bolognese
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nyberg
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kristianson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004656:Enalapril / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017706:Lisinopril; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D004656:Enalapril; D017706:Lisinopril