title: Improving compliance with antihypertensive therapy.
abstract: Optimal control of hypertension may be impeded by poor patient-physician communication, excessive dietary sodium, cost of antihypertensive medications and laboratory studies, and drugs that antagonize antihypertensive agents. The physician is responsible for removing as many of these obstacles as possible. Prescribing an effective, inexpensive, once-daily medication with minimal side effects will improve patient compliance considerably.
authors.affiliation: Danville Urologic Clinic, Virginia.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents