Correspondence: Wilbert S Aronow Cardiology Division, New York Medical College, Macy Pavilion, Room 138, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA Tel +1 914 493 5311 Fax +1 914 235 6274 Email [email protected] Abstract: Systemic hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) frequently coexist in the same patient, especially in the elderly. Today, a wide variety of antihypertensive drugs with diff...

Diabetic nephropathy is a leading cause of end stage renal disease. Drug utilization studies could promote rational drug use. The objective of this study was to evaluate prescribing trends in hospitalized patients with diabetic nephropathy. A prospective, observational study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital. The demographic, disease and treatment data of patients with diabetic nephropa...

Systemic hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) frequently coexist in the same patient, especially in the elderly. Today, a wide variety of antihypertensive drugs with different mechanisms of action are available to the prescribing physician. In addition, combination drugs for hypertension are becoming increasingly popular. Certain antihypertensive drugs can affect pulmon...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Lowering BP to normal levels without quality of life deterioration is the most important means of reducing cardiovascular risk. Recent studies have challenged the position of beta-adrenoceptor antagonists (beta-blockers) as first-line antihypertensive drugs. Nebivolol is a third-generation, highly selective beta(1)-blocker that causes vasodilation through nitric oxide (...

The present review aims to investigate some of the recently reported analytical methods available for assay ofantihypertensive drugs in various combinations pharmaceutical forms. Several simultaneous RP- HPLC have beenreported determination antihypertensive drugs. familiarizes simultaneousdetermination Amlodipine besylate with other drug formulations which are used combination treatmentprotocols.

AIM To investigate the human pharmacogenetic variation related to antihypertensive drugs, providing a survey of functional interpopulation differences in hypertension pharmacogenes. MATERIALS & METHODS The study was divided into two stages. In the first stage, we analyzed 1249 variants located in 57 hypertension pharmacogenes. This first-stage analysis confirmed that geographic origin strongl...