title: Hypertension Management and Antihypertensive Withdrawal--A Perspective.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hypertension is one of the commonest diseases to be managed on out-patient basis. There are multiple guidelines advising us about its management. None of these however guide us in a detailed way regarding how and when to withdraw the antihypertensive drugs.
  
  
  METHODS
  We interviewed some 80 doctors in the city of Pune to find their ways of managing hypertension. Simultaneously we also analyzed our data of hypertensive patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We present our observations in this regard.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We feel there is a need to try out antihypertensive drug reduction and/or withdrawal in select patients. These attempts can be successful in a significant number of patients.
authors.forename: Sanjeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mangrulkar
authors.forename: Pushkar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Khair
authors.forename: Vinayak
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hingne
authors.forename: Pavan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hanchnale
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000069340:Deprescriptions; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007194:India; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents