Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Triple-Combination Therapy With Olmesartan Medoxomil and Amlodipine Besylate and Hydrochlorothiazide for Hypertension

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 149-157

  Kereiakes, Dean J ^a   Chrysant, Steven G ^b   Izzo, Joseph L ^c   Littlejohn, Thomas ^d   Oparil, Suzanne ^e   Melino, Michael ^f   Lee, James ^f   Fernandez, Victor ^f   Heyrman, Reinilde ^f  

^a The Carl & Edyth Lindner Center for Research & Education   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d Piedmont Medical Research Associates   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f DAIICHI SANKYO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE PLUS HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE PLUS OLMESARTAN; PLACEBO;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIURETICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYPERTENSION; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TETRAZOLES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862810814     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2011.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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