[Effect of alpha-methyldopa (Dopegyt) on blood pressure in hypertensive pregnant patients].
Forty-three patients hospitalised for chronic hypertension or superimposed toxemia in late pregnancy were treated with Dopegyt-orally in constant dosage. Blood pressure dropped at the beginning of therapy. In the further course of treatment blood pressure re-increased in 14 patients, that other antihypertensive drugs had to be administered additionally. alpha-methyldopa alone is sufficient only in a part of the hypertensive patients.
D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008750:Methyldopa / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000188:drug therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000188:drug therapy*
D008750:Methyldopa
Einfluss von alpha-Methyldopa (Dopegyt) auf den Blutdruck hypertensiver Schwangerer.