The efficacy and safety of arotinolol combined with a different calcium channel blocker in the treatment of Chinese patients with essential hypertension: a one-year follow-up study

Background: Combined treatment of a calcium antagonist and α/β-adrenoreceptor blocker is expected to offer some advantages in the management of hypertension; however, their antihypertensive efficacy and safety remain relatively under-explored.

Methods: The current study addresses the 24-h antihypertensive efficacy and safety of arotinolol combined with a different calcium channel blocker. One-hundred fifty-two patients were randomly divided into three groups: nifedipine, amlodipine and felodipine group. In each group, the antihypertensive treatment dose was 30?mg/d, 5?mg/d, 5?mg/d long acting nifedipine, amlodipine, felodipine plus 20?mg/d arotinolol, respectively. Blood pressure was measured in ABPM devices and mercury manometer.

Results: The result showed that the effective rate of one year antihypertensive treatment of arotinolol combined with nifedipine was 51 of 53, significantly effective (p?p?>?0.05) in controlled rate of morning peak blood pressure between treatment of arotinolol combined with amlodipine and arotinolol combined with nifedipine, but there was a significant difference (p?Conclusions: The therapy approached of arotinolol combined with nifedipine or amlodipine could be effective and well-tolerated, and they can be used as the better chosen antihypertensive drug.