BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE More than 50% of patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) are taking antihypertensive drugs before ictus. Although antihypertensive therapy should be given long term for secondary prevention, whether to continue or stop such treatment during the acute phase of ICH remains unclear, a question that was addressed in the Efficacy of Nitric Oxide in Stroke (ENOS) tri...

In order to derive maximum benefit from antihypertensive drugs, treatment must be taken regularly, usually for life, and besides taking drugs the patient must be assessed regularly. As in other chronic diseases, such as diabetes mellitus and epilepsy, compliance with the therapeutic regimen is essential for successful control. The purpose of the present study was to determine the influence of c...

controlling blood pressure adequately with antihypertensive drugs would have hypertension as a cause of subconjunctival hemorrhage. Perhaps the percentages of subconjunctival bleeding from hypertension would change if the appropriate definition of hypertension were applied. I read with interest the article by Mimura et al. [1] . The authors defined hypertension as treatment with antihypertensiv...

Currently, physicians are utilizing one or more antihypertensive medications, with lifestyle modifications, to get BP controlled to levels below 140/90 mm Hg. Both in clinical practice and in clinical trials a majority of patients may require two or more antihypertensive drugs to be effectively controlled. Thus, the clinician is challenged to determine whether one or more drugs should be starte...