Treatment of Moderately Severe Essential Hypertension in General Practice with a Combination of Cyclopenthiazide with Potassium Chloride (Navidrex K) and Oxprenolol (Trasicor 80mg): A Report on 554 Patients

摘要

Five hundred and fifty-four patients, with an initial mean diastolic pressure of 130 mm Hg, were treated with a combination of Navidrex K (0·5 mg daily) and up to 480 mg (six tablets daily) of Oxprenolol (Trasicor 80 mg). In 69% of this group, good control of the blood pressure was achieved with a daily dose of four tablets (320 mg) of Oxprenolol. In the remainder of patients significant reductions in blood pressure levels were noted, again with a mean dose of less than 320 mg daily of oxprenolol. There were indications in this group that better control of blood pressure levels might have been reached, had more of the patients been prescribed the maximum dose of 480 mg daily (six tablets) permitted in the study. Tolerability of this regime was very good. More than 80% of patients reported no side-effects at all, and one patient in four reported ‘feeling better’ after treatment.