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Official Medicines
17 Nov 2009 by admin   ...
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View Post: Combination of valsartan, amlodipine and hydrochlorothiazide ...
26 Oct 2009
According to PharmaLive, the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation to Novartis for Exforge HCT®, a once-daily combination tablet containing valsartan, amlodipine, and hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) for hypertension. ...
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View Post: Hypertension Clinical Trial: A Comparison of Indapamide SR 1.5 mg ...
16 Sep 2009
A Comparison of Indapamide SR 1.5 mg With Hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg, in Combination With an ACE-inhibitor, in Patients With Mild to Moderate Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of ...
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View Post: {beta}-Adrenergic Antagonists in Hypertension: A Review of the ...
25 Nov 2009 by Warmack, T S., Estes, M. A, Heldenbrand,...  
Comparison of propranolol and hydrochlorothiazide for initial treatment of hypertension: II. Results of long-term therapy. JAMA 1982;248:2004-11. DOI 10.1001/jama.1982.03330160052024[Abstract/Free Full Text]; Morgan T, Lauri J, ...
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View Post: Twynsta approved for the treatment of hypertension - MPR
19 Oct 2009
The FDA has approved an expanded indication for Tekturna HCT (aliskiren/hydrochlorothiazide tablets, from Novartis) to include initial therapy for patients with hypertension who are likely to need multiple drugs to achieve their blood ...
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View Post: Diuretics, especially HCTZ, equally effective when used second-line
13 Oct 2009
Dr. Messerli is incorrect when he says first-line HCTZ has not been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality outcomes. If he reads our review Wright JM, Musini VM. First-line drugs for hypertension. Cochrane Database of Systematic ...
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View Post: Glenmark, Aurobindo to market fosinopril-hydrochlorothiazide ...
14 Jul 2009 by pillscribe  
India's Glenmark and Aurobindo are set to launch thier generic versions of hypertension drugs fosinopril sodium and hydrochlorothiazide – the therapeutic equivalent of Bristol-Myers Squibb's Monopril-HCT – in the US market. ...
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View Post: Novartis Looks at Combination Pills to Fix Hypertension Franchise ...
24 Nov 2009 by David Phillips  
The US FDA has approved Novartis's combination antihypertensive Tekturna HCT (aliskiren and hydrochlorothiazide) for first-line use in patients who are likely to need more than one drug therapy to control their blood pressure. The dual ...
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View Post: Impact of Abdominal Obesity on Incidence of Adverse Metabolic ...
16 Nov 2009 by Cooper-DeHoff, R. M., Wen, S., Beitelshees,...  
Abstract—We assessed adverse metabolic effects of atenolol and hydrochlorothiazide among hypertensive patients with and without abdominal obesity using data from a randomized, open-label study of hypertensive patients without evidence ...
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