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Published online 28 November 2001. Recent guidelines for hypertension management differ in their recommendations for routine firstline treatment for hypertension, as have previous generations of guidelines. For example, the United States JNC VI and British Hypertension Society guidelines both recommend low-dose diuretics and beta-blockers as first-line treatment unless there are compelling cont...

The choice of antiretroviral therapy for those naïve to therapy is vast, with over 30 drugs available for the treatment of HIV disease. Although international and national guidelines often give recommended preferred choices for commencement of therapy, it is important that treatment is always individualised. Therefore for the individual patient, it may be necessary to utilise treatments outside...