title: Pharmacologic therapy of hypertension in blacks.
abstract: In summary, hypertensive blacks have an increased overall benefit of therapy in mild hypertension. They also exhibit an accentuated (supersensitive) response to monotherapy with diuretics or calcium channel blockers. They have a blunted response to most beta blocker monotherapy in usual doses, with the possible exceptions of labetalol and pindolol. They also have a blunted response to converting enzyme inhibitor monotherapy, but both beta blocker and converting enzyme responses are equal when diuretic is added.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hypertension, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303.
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D044383:Black People; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D004232:Diuretics; D014665:Vasodilator Agents