Hypertension :: Combination for Blood Pressure Control in hypertensive patients

A multicenter study of a pill that combines two drugs for hypertension shows significant benefit for people with hard-to-control high blood pressure. The study, conducted at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and 118 other sites, was focused on bringing down systolic blood pressure, the top number in a blood pressure reading, which is the more difficult number to bring down.

“The percentage of patients whose blood pressure was controlled in this study was much higher compared to other combination therapy trials,” says one of the study’s two principal investigators, Elijah Saunders, M.D., professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and a cardiologist and hypertension expert at the University of Maryland Medical Center.

“This was the first large-scale hypertension study to include such a broad range of patient groups,” says Dr. Saunders. “We found that this combination therapy reduced systolic blood pressure to a desirable level in 77 percent of the patients, and 83 percent of the patients in our study achieved an acceptable diastolic blood pressure. These results are significant,” he adds.


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