Blood pressure control with a single-pill combination of indapamide sustained-release and amlodipine in patients with hypertension: The EFFICIENT study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Jadhav, Uday ^a   Hiremath, Jagdish ^b   Namjoshi, Deepak J ^c   Gujral, Vinod K ^d   Tripathi, Kamlakar K ^e   Siraj, Mohammad ^f   Shamanna, Paramesh ^g   Safar, Michel ^h  

^a MGM's New Bombay Hospital   (India)

^b Poona Hospital and Research Centre   (India)

^c Criti Care Multi Specialty Hospital and Research Centre   (India)

^d Specialty Clinics A   (India)

^e BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f DECCAN COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^g Systemantics India Pvt Ltd   (India)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE PLUS INDAPAMIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG COMBINATION; INDAPAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOOT EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORNING DOSAGE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL; PILL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TABLET; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEAKNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDAPAMIDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84899535026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092955     Document Type: Article

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