title: Hypertension and calcium antagonists.
abstract: 1. Recent evidence suggests that mild hypertensives benefit from antihypertensive drug treatment. 2. The variable course of mild hypertension suggests that drug treatment is best reserved for patients whose blood pressures do not fall in repeated observation. 3. The possibility that thiazide diuretics and beta-adrenoceptor blocking drugs may have adverse effects suggest that calcium channel blockers should be considered for the early treatment of mild hypertension.
mesh_terms: D000403:Airway Resistance / Q000187:drug effects; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007741:Labetalol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010869:Pindolol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011433:Propranolol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014700:Verapamil / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D011433:Propranolol; D010869:Pindolol; D014700:Verapamil; D007741:Labetalol