title: [Calcium antagonists in treatment of hypertension].
abstract: A sizeable number of antihypertensive drugs from different drug classes have received market authorization. New results from clinical studies are steadily launched, and this is also the case for calcium antagonists, which were established as antihypertensive drugs already in the 1970s. Which place do calcium antagonists have in the present treatment of hypertension?
authors.affiliation: Institutt for farmakoterapi, Fakultetsdivisjonen Rikshospitalet, Universitetet i Oslo, Postboks 1065 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway. k.h.landmark@medisin.uio.no
authors.forename: Knud
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Landmark
authors.forename: Asmund
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reikvam
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers