Antihypertensive drugs in pregnancy.

Antihypertensive drugs in pregnancy.

Update on the use of antihypertensive drugs in pregnancy.

As the most common medical disorder of pregnancy, hypertension is reported to complicate 1 in 10 pregnancies1,2 and affects an estimated 240 000 women in the United States each year.3 Antihypertensive treatment rationale in this group represents a departure from the nonpregnant adult Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood...

Use of antihypertensive drugs during pregnancy and lactation.

The decision to treat elevated arterial pressure in pregnancy depends on the risk and benefits imposed on the mother and the fetus. Treatment for mild-to-moderate hypertension during pregnancy may not reduce maternal or fetal risk. Severe hypertension, on the other hand, should be treated to decrease maternal risk. Methyldopa and beta-adrenoceptor antagonists have been used most extensively. In...

Antihypertensive Drugs

Hypertension is one of the most serious concerns of modern medical practice. It is estimated that in the United States, as many as 60 million people are hypertensive or are being treated with antihypertensive drugs. Among the growing population of elderly Americans, some 15 million have high blood pressure. The level of blood pressure in itself is not a chief concern, since individuals with hig...

THE EFFECT OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUGS IN THE SUPPRESSION OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS

The present investigation was undertaken to evaluate the effect of antihypertensive drugs on aortic atherogenesis in hypercholesterolemic rabbits. In enalapril and nifedipine treated rabbits aortic atherosclerotic plaque involvement was significantly decreased (p<0. Oland p<O. 05, respectively) as compared to the control group. However, in hydrochlorothiazide treated rabbits aortic atheroge...