title: Blood glucose levels in hypertensive patients during treatment with different antihypertensive agents.
abstract: Fasting blood glucose was determined in 27 adults with essential hypertension at four different periods during a 12-month treatment with doxazosin, an alpha-adrenoceptor antagonist, and in another set of 20 adult hypertensive patients, after 3 months treatment with amlodipine, a calcium antagonist. The mean fasting blood glucose levels at various determinations during doxazosin therapy did not show any significant variation from the pre-treatment value. Similarly, mean fasting blood glucose level remained the same after 3 months of amlodipine therapy. The findings, therefore, highlights the safety of doxazosin and amlodipine antihypertensive pharmacotherapies.
authors: Department of Chemical Pathology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi, Nigeria.
authors: J E
authors: JE
authors: Ahaneku
mesh_terms: D017311:Amlodipine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D017292:Doxazosin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D001786:Blood Glucose; D017311:Amlodipine; D017292:Doxazosin