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UK supply of chlortalidone for hypertension must be restored

Authors :
Emma E. Morrison
Emma J Turtle
David J. Webb
Source :
BMJ. 346:f3076-f3076
Publication Year :
2013
Publisher :
BMJ, 2013.

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 …

Details

ISSN :
17561833
Volume :
346
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
BMJ
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....e5aec467e808bd3b19332b4dc17b610f
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f3076