title: Supervised drug administration in patients with refractory hypertension unmasking noncompliance.
abstract: Noncompliance with medication is common, particularly in asymptomatic conditions such as hypertension that require long-term treatment, and is often unsuspected. We describe two patients with refractory hypertension in whom noncompliance was confirmed by a precipitous fall in blood pressure when antihypertensive medications were given under direct supervision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Cronin
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Higgins
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Ferriss
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016312:Treatment Refusal