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Long-term comparative effectiveness of antihypertensive monotherapies in primary prevention of cardiovascular events: a population-based retrospective inception cohort study in the Netherlands

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2023
Objective To determine the long-term effectiveness of antihypertensive monotherapies in primary prevention of cardiovascular events.Design Retrospective inception cohort study covering a 25-year study period.Setting University Groningen IADB.nl pharmacy ...
Xuechun Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antihypertensive Medications and Risk of Melanoma and Keratinocyte Carcinomas: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

open access: yesJID Innovations
Some antihypertensive medications are photosensitizing. The implications for skin cancer risk remain unclear because results from prior studies are inconsistent and as new evidence is published.
Olivia G. Cohen   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Management of hypertension in children and adolescents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Hypertension has been recognized as an important health issue in the pediatric population over the past years. This emphasizes the need for an organized and effective plan for diagnosis and management. This review provides information to guide physicians
De Bruyne, Pauline, Vande Walle, Johan
core   +1 more source

Thiazide Diuretics

open access: yesKidney and Blood Pressure Research, 1987
Thiazide diuretics increase salt and water excretion primarily by inhibiting mechanisms for electroneutral sodium and chloride transport by distal convoluted tubule cells. This might be termed the ‘specific’ effect of this class of diuretics and accounts for the ‘chlorouretic’ effectiveness of the drug.
openaire   +2 more sources

NaCl cotransporter abundance in urinary vesicles is increased by calcineurin inhibitors and predicts thiazide sensitivity. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
Animal studies have shown that the calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) cyclosporine and tacrolimus can activate the thiazide-sensitive NaCl cotransporter (NCC). A common side effect of CNIs is hypertension.
Omar A Z Tutakhel   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

[Translated article] What Dermatologists Should Know About Thiazides

open access: yesActas Dermo-Sifiliográficas, 2022
Hydrochlorothiazide and other thiazide diuretics have been used for decades to treat high blood pressure, heart failure, and chronic kidney disease. Thiazides have been linked to photosensitivity with heterogeneous clinical manifestations and recovery ...
J.M. Llamas-Molina   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patterns of antihypertensive prescribing, discontinuation and switching among a Hong Kong Chinese population from over one million prescriptions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Hypertension is an alarming public health problem among Chinese. The present study evaluated the prescribing patterns, discontinuation and switching profiles of antihypertensive agents and their associated factors in one Hong Kong Chinese population ...
A Fretheim   +14 more
core   +1 more source

Clinical and molecular features of thiazide-induced hyponatremia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Hypertension affects more than 30% of the world’s adult population and thiazide (and thiazide-like) diuretics are amongst the most widely used, effective and least costly treatments available, with all-cause mortality benefits equivalent to ACE ...
Channavajjhala, Sarath K.   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Printed educational messages fail to increase use of thiazides as first-line medication for hypertension in primary care: a cluster randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN72772651] [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: Evidence on the effectiveness of printed educational messages in contributing to increasing evidence-based clinical practice is contradictory.
Austin, P. C.   +15 more
core   +2 more sources

Comparative safety and effectiveness of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and thiazides and thiazide‐like diuretics under strict monotherapy

open access: yesThe Journal of Clinical Hypertension
Previous work comparing safety and effectiveness outcomes for new initiators of angiotensin converting‐enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) and thiazides demonstrated more favorable outcomes for thiazides, although cohort definitions allowed for addition of a second
Tara V. Anand   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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