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UK supply of chlortalidone for hypertension must be restored
- Source :
- BMJ. 346:f3076-f3076
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- BMJ, 2013.
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Abstract
- In 2011 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) updated UK hypertension guidance.1 Bendroflumethiazide 2.5 mg, still the most commonly prescribed UK antihypertensive,2 was replaced by chlortalidone (12.5-50 mg) as the recommended thiazide-like diuretic, because of its much stronger evidence …
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Details
- ISSN :
- 17561833
- Volume :
- 346
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMJ
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e5aec467e808bd3b19332b4dc17b610f
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f3076