Use And Expense Of Antihypertensive Medicines In U.S. Hypertensive Adults

Antihypertensive medication use among US adults with hypertension.

BACKGROUND High blood pressure can be controlled through existing antihypertensive drug therapy. This study examined trends in prescribed antihypertensive medication use among US adults with hypertension and compared drug utilization patterns with recommendations of the Sixth Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. METHODS AND RESUL...

The Use of Antihypertensive Medicines in Primary Health Care Settings

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Trends in medication use among US adults with diabetes mellitus: glycemic control at the expense of controlling cardiovascular risk factors.

S uccessful reduction of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk among people with diabetes mellitus is increasingly reliant on combination pharmacotherapy targeting its major risk factors, especially hypertension and high cholesterol level. The impact of tight hyperglycemia control on CVD and mortality risk is currently unclear, but its control is a major part of comprehensive diabetes care and is a...

Comparing physical activity patterns of hypertensive and nonhypertensive US adults.

BACKGROUND Nonpharmacologic management of hypertension is an important strategy in treating people with hypertension, but little is known about patterns of physical activity among such people. We compared patterns of physical activity of adults with and without hypertension in the United States using the most recent guidelines for physical activity. METHODS We used data from 391,017 adults ag...