Evaluation of safety and efficacy of telmisartan-amlodipine combination in treating hypertension

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Faruqui, Arif A ^a  

^a Medley Pharmaceuticals Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Amlodipine; Hypertension; Postmarketing surveillance; Safety; Telmisartan

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMLODIPINE; ATORVASTATIN; CLOPIDOGREL; GLIMEPIRIDE; METFORMIN; PIOGLITAZONE; TELMISARTAN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT EDEMA; GASTRITIS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCRIPTION; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTIGO;

EID: 60549099628     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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