Assessment of drug compliance in patients with high blood pressure resistant to antihypertensive therapy.

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_D7A97A0F6C5D
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Assessment of drug compliance in patients with high blood pressure resistant to antihypertensive therapy.
Périodique
Eurointervention
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Waeber B., Feihl F.
ISSN
1969-6213 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1774-024X
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2013
Volume
9 Suppl R
Numéro
Suppl R
Pages
R29-R34
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Résumé
The persistence of high blood pressure under antihypertensive treatment (resistant hypertension) entails an increased cardiovascular risk. It occurs in three of ten treated hypertensive patients, and has several possible contributing factors, notably insufficient therapeutic adherence. There are a number of ways to evaluate whether patients take their medication as prescribed. These include interviewing the patient, pill counting, prescription follow-up, assay of drugs in blood or urine, and use of electronic pill dispensers. None is perfect. However, the essential is to discuss with the patient the importance of complying with the treatment as soon as it is prescribed for the first time, and not waiting for the appearance of resistant hypertension. The measurement of blood pressure outside the medical office and the monitoring of adherence may help to identify patients in whom hypertension is truly resistant and so to tailor the measures required to improve the control of blood pressure in the most appropriate manner.
Pubmed
Web of science
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11/08/2013 11:26
Dernière modification de la notice
20/08/2019 16:57
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