title: Long-term treatment of hypertension with methyldopa. V. Efficacy of methyldopa in the older patient.
abstract: A review of case records of 107 hypertensive patients at least 60 years of age indicates that methyldopa as part of a total antihypertensive regimen was highly effective for blood pressure reduction. These patients showed significant decreases from baseline in mean sitting systolic and diastolic blood pressures.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008750:Methyldopa / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D008750:Methyldopa