title: Comparison of effects of low dose of spironolactone and a thiazide diuretic in patients with hypertension treated with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or an angiotensin type 1 receptor blocker.
abstract: This study was performed to investigate the additional anti-hypertensive effects and safety of low-dose thiazide diuretic, trichlormethiazide (TCTZ), and a mineralocorticoid receptor blocker, spironolactone (SPI), as add-on therapy in 64 patients whose blood pressure (BP) at office were over 140/90 mmHg, while receiving anti-hypertensive medication including an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin II type I receptor antagonist. After 6 months, we observed a decrease of office and home BP. Moreover, urinary albumin excretion (UAE) was reduced in SPI-treated group, but not in the TCTZ-treated group. No significant change in serum potassium, lipids, glucose, or uric acid was observed. In conclusion, low-dose thiazide diuretic or SPI provided a significant additional anti-hypertensive effect in patients in whom hypertension was not controlled by medication, and SPI-reduced UAE.
authors.affiliation: Miyashita Naika Clinic, 1-6-7 Gofuku-cho, Shizuoka, Japan. miyashita_0810@ivory.plala.or.jp
authors.forename: Miyashita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yutaka
authors.forename: Mizuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mifune
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D047228:Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004232:Diuretics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013148:Spironolactone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014237:Trichlormethiazide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D047228:Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D004232:Diuretics; D013148:Spironolactone; D014237:Trichlormethiazide