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Systematic Reviews of Drug Treatments for High Blood Pressure
Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of drug treatments for managing high blood pressure.
Reviewed November 2011
35 Resources Found
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| Title: | Hydralazine for treatment of high blood pressure |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Hydralazine has been used for the treatment of high blood pressure since the 1950's. It is believed that hydralazine reduces blood pressure, however there are concerns due to the potential for this drug to cause adverse effects. The aim of this review w... |
| Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Title: | Blood pressure lowering efficacy of aliskiren |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Elevated blood pressure or hypertension can lead to heart attacks and stroke. A new class of drugs called renin inhibitors is indicated for the treatment of hypertension. Aliskiren is a member of this new class and is the only one studied (or approved) ... |
| Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Title: | Sildenafil for pulmonary hypertension in neonates |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Some babies develop persistent pulmonary hypertension of the neonate (PPHN), a condition where the pressure in the blood vessels that allows blood to flow to the lungs remains abnormally high. Persistent high pressure in these vessels leads to less bloo... |
| Date: | Apr 2010 |
| Title: | Milrinone for persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is a condition caused by a failure in the systemic and pulmonary circulation to convert from the antenatal circulation pattern to the normal postnatal pattern. Due to persistent high pressure in th... |
| Date: | Apr 2010 |
| Title: | Spironolactone for the treatment of high blood pressure |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Spironolactone is a medication that has been used to treat high blood pressure since the 1960s. While there is some belief spironolactone reduces blood pressure, there are concerns due to the potential for this drug to cause adverse effects. The aim of ... |
| Date: | Mar 2010 |
| Title: | Magnesium sulfate for persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | The blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs (pulmonary arteries) is normally much lower than the blood pressure in the rest of the body. Before a baby is born the muscle surrounding the pulmonary arteries is tightly constricted resulting in a very h... |
| Title: | Beta-blockers lower blood pressure when given as a second drug |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Beta-blockers are commonly used in the treatment for high blood pressure (BP). In this review, we asked how much do beta-blockers reduce BP when used as the second drug to treat hypertension. Twenty trials lasting an average of 7 weeks were found in the... |
| Date: | Nov 2009 |
| Title: | Calcium channel blockers versus other classes of drugs for hypertension |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) are used as a first-line antihypertensive drug for patients with hypertension, but whether this is the best way to reduce adverse cardiovascular events is unknown. We aimed to evaluate the effect of first-line CCBs on pre... |
| Date: | Nov 2009 |
| Title: | The blood pressure lowering effect of ENaC blockers is not known |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Potassium-sparing diuretics, which block the epithelial sodium channel (also called ENaC blockers), are a class of drugs commonly prescribed to prevent loss of potassium but also might help to lower elevated blood pressure. This class includes drugs suc... |
| Date: | Oct 2009 |
| Title: | No evidence that red tea (Roselle) lowers blood pressure in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Hypertension is a serious health problems worldwide. Controlling and lowering blood pressure have a significant benefit to the hypertensive patients because hypertension is a risk factor for stroke, heart disease and cardiovascular disease. A tropical p... |
| Date: | Oct 2009 |
| Title: | Coenzyme Q10 for hypertension |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Coenzyme Q10 has been studied as a potential treatment for hypertension, a common medical condition. However, there is not enough reliable evidence to show whether or not it can be a useful medication to lower blood pressure. A systematic review was con... |
| Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Title: | Reserpine, an old and almost forgotten antihypertensive drug, lowers blood pressure |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Reserpine, a root extract of the naturally occurring plant Rauwolfia serpentina, was used in the past as first-line therapy for reducing blood pressure. Nowadays, it is used mainly as a second line agent. This review, which aimed to find and summarize e... |
| Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Title: | Loop diuretics cause modest blood pressure lowering |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Loop diuretics are more commonly used to reduce water retention, but are also indicated to lower elevated blood pressure. We asked how much this class of drugs lowers blood pressure and whether there is a difference between individual drugs within the c... |
| Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Title: | Alpha blockers have a modest BP lowering effect |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | The class of drugs called alpha blockers is sometimes used to lower elevated blood pressure. This class includes drugs such as doxazosin (brand name: Cardura), prazosin (Minipress) and terazosin (Hytrin). We asked how much this class of drugs lowers blo... |
| Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Title: | Methyldopa reduces blood pressure in people with high blood pressure |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Methyldopa is a medication that has been used to treat high blood pressure since the 1960s. While there is some belief methyldopa reduces blood pressure, there are concerns due to the potential for this drug to cause adverse effects. The aim of this rev... |
| Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Title: | Prevention and treatment of postpartum hypertension |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Not enough evidence to know how best to treat women with hypertension after birth. After birth, it is not uncommon for women to experience high blood pressure (hypertension), but it can have serious consequences. It can lead to stroke and, very rarely, ... |
| Date: | Jun 2009 |
| Title: | Treatment of high blood pressure for people with peripheral arterial disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | When blood pressure is consistently high, it can lead to complications such as a heart attack (myocardial infarction) or stroke. Both peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and hypertension are associated with atherosclerosis, which is hardening of the arter... |
| Date: | Jun 2009 |
| Title: | Blood pressure lowering drugs reduce stroke and heart attack in elderly people with hypertension |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Hypertension (high blood pressure) is common among elderly people and increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. An assessment of all the trials of blood pressure lowering therapy in people with hypertension 60 years and over showed that treatment r... |
| Date: | Jun 2009 |
| Title: | Long-term effects of weight-reducing drugs in hypertensive patients |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | For overweight patients with elevated blood pressure doctors often recommend weight reduction. Drugs such as orlistat, sibutramine or rimonabant are sometimes suggested to assist in weight reduction and blood pressure reduction. Orlistat and sibutramine... |
| Date: | May 2009 |
| Title: | Thiazides best first choice for hypertension |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | One of the most important decisions in treating people with elevated blood pressure is what drug class is used first. This decision has enormous consequences in terms of health outcomes and cost. In this review health outcomes resulting from 4 drug clas... |
| Date: | Apr 2009 |
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