Treatment of hypertension in patients ≥65 years of age: Experience with amlodipine

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1473-1482

  Langdon, Christopher ^a  

^a Holyport Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amlodipine; Calcium channel blocker; Efficacy; Elderly; Quality of life; Tolerability

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERTIGO; WELLBEING;

EID: 0034531425     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(00)83045-3     Document Type: Article

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