title: Treating black hypertensives with capozide.
abstract: Twenty-four black men with mild to moderate essential hypertension were enrolled in an open-label trial comparing the efficacy of two doses of Capozide (captopril and hydrochlorothiazide). All antihypertensive drugs were discontinued and patients then received placebo for 2 weeks. Twenty-two patients, mean age 59.1 +/- 14.3 years, with sitting diastolic blood pressure (BP) 92 to 110 mm Hg, entered the 6-week active-drug phase. Eleven patients (Group A) were randomized to Capozide 25/15 and 11 (Group B) to Capozide 50/15. Baseline mean BPs were 151.0/100.7 mm Hg in Group A and 153.1/100.7 mm Hg in Group B. At week 6, mean BPs were 128.7/84.4 mm Hg in Group A and 126.8/82.7 mm Hg in Group B. Uric acid, blood urea nitrogen and creatinine levels rose slightly in both groups. There were no adverse events. Eighteen patients had normal BPs at study completion. Twice-daily Capozide treatment is effective and well tolerated in blacks; patients responded equally well to both doses.
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D002216:Captopril / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006852:Hydrochlorothiazide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; C044959:captopril, hydrochlorothiazide drug combination; D006852:Hydrochlorothiazide; D014527:Uric Acid; D002216:Captopril; D003404:Creatinine