Adherence to Antihypertensive Therapy: A Missing Link Between Treatment and Outcomes.

The article talks about the importance of patient adherence to antihypertensive therapy in the effectiveness of hypertension treatment. Topics discussed include the benefits of adherence to dietary approach to stop hypertension (DASH) diet; the clinical trials with antihypertensive therapy; and the use of high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry to monitor the therapeutics.