Are we using blood pressure-lowering drugs appropriately? Perhaps now is the time for a change

J Hum Hypertens. 2014 Jan;28(1):68-70. doi: 10.1038/jhh.2013.79. Epub 2013 Aug 29.

Abstract

This topic seems particularly appropriate since this year is the 20th Anniversary of the Cochrane Collaboration. The Cochrane Collaboration and the Hypertension Review Group have played a leading role in advancing the evidence-based agenda that has challenged many of our ways of thinking and approaches to treating patients.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / drug therapy*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'*

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents