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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL HYPERTENSION
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 272-279Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2008.07460.x
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The efficacy and safety of the angiotensin receptor blocker olmesartan medoxomil (OLM) was assessed in 550 elderly Japanese hypertensive patients who were followed for 24 weeks in daily clinical practice. Patients were given OLM alone or in combination with other antihypertensive drugs at the discretion of the investigators. After 24 weeks of treatment, systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) significantly decreased from baseline (P < .0001). When patients were classified as either young-old (65-74 years) or older old (75 years and older), with either isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) or systolic-diastolic hypertension (SDH), the reduction of diastolic BP in ISH patients was significantly smaller than that in SDH patients (5.0 vs 15.2 mm Hg; P < .0001), indicating that OLM did not cause excessive reduction of diastolic BP in ISH patients. Treatment was well tolerated in all groups. In conclusion, the medication was safe and effective in reducing BP levels in ISH patients aged 75 years and older, as well as in other elderly hypertensive patients. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2008;10:272-279. (C) 2008 Le Jacq
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