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COMBINATION THERAPY IN HYPERTENSION - JOEL M NE...

For over 30 years  the stepped care approach has been used in the management and treatment of
hypertension. This approach advocates the use of initial monotherapy to reach the desired blood
pressure  and the subsequent use of additional drugs with complementary modes of action  until
the target BP is achieved. However  current control rates for hypertension suggest that such an
approach may be outdated and no longer effective in the management of hypertension. Clinical
trials have shown that more than 50% of patients require a combination of drug therapies to
achieve their target BP. Some proponents of combination therapy have argued that the risk of
adverse side effects and non-compliance will be lower than that compared to monotherapy  which
initially requires higher doses to be administered to be effective. Consequently  there have
been increasing calls of the necessity for a much more combined approach in the treatment of
hypertension. Adding to this  Combination Therapy in Hypertension will cover current control
rates of blood pressure worldwide  the benefits of monotherapy and combination therapy  examine
the effectiveness  risk of adverse effects  compliance  and cost of the available therapies and
will also include information on relevant outcome studies.

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