Diuretics in the treatment of hypertension
Widimský, J.
Casopis Lekaru Ceskych 137(8): 246-247
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0008-7335 PMID: 9650350 Document Number: 496450
Diuretics belong into the group of basic antihypertensive drugs. A number of clinical trials provided evidence that long-term administration of diuretics leads not only to effective control of hypertension but has at the same time a favourable impact on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Along with beta-blockers diuretics are recommended as drugs of first choice in patients with arterial hypertension. The author presents a brief account of different groups of diuretics incl. their indications.