Rational pharmacotherapy of hypertension in the elderly: analysis of the choice and dosage of drugs.

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Published in J Clin Pharm Ther on February 01, 2001

Authors

K A Jassim Al Khaja1, R P Sequeira, V S Mathur

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain. khlidj@agu.edu.bh

Associated clinical trials:

Management of Newly Diagnosed and Uncontrolled Hypertension With Fixed-Dose Combination of Perindopril/Amlodipine and Perindopril/Indapamide/Amlodipine (PRECIOUS) | NCT03738761

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