The association between antihypertensive drugs and glioma

Interactions between antihypertensive agents and other drugs.

Interactions between antihypertensive drugs and food.

OBJECTIVE A drug interaction is defined as any alteration, pharmacokinetics and/or pharmacodynamics, produced by different substances, other drug treatments, dietary factors and habits such as drinking and smoking. These interactions can affect the antihypertensive drugs, altering their therapeutic efficacy and causing toxic effects. The aim of this study was to conduct a review of available da...

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...

Association between serum homocysteine and arterial stiffness: role of antihypertensive drugs

I read the article of Zhang, et al. with great interest. They investigated the association of homocysteine with arterial stiffness in Chinese community-based elderly persons. The carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) was significantly higher in the high homocyteine group than in the normal one, however, there was no differences in carotid-radial PWV between the high homocyteine group and th...

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...