Verapamil in the Management of Hypertensive Patients |
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| Authors: | G. R. J. Lewis *,K. D. Morley &dagger ,A. H. Maslowski &Dagger ,P. J. Bones |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Cardiology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | Summary: The hypotensive action of verapamil given orally was assessed in the outpatient management of patients with raised blood pressure, in a single blind study.
Twenty-six hypertensive patients on no therapy, 14 on beta blockers and eight on methyldopa were more satisfactorily controlled when verapamil was substituted for the initial drug. There was a marked reduction in the number of side-effects, and the drug was given in many situations where beta blockade was contra-indicated. |
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