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ReviewDrugs2005

Eprosartan: a review of its use in the management of hypertension.

Gayle W Robins, Lesley J Scott

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Review in Drugs, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Clinical profile of eprosartan: a different angiotensin II receptor blocker.Cardiovascular & hematological agents in medicinal chemistry · 2008
    Review
  5. Article
  6. Effects of eprosartan on target organ protection.Vascular health and risk management · 2006
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Gayle W RobinsAdis International Limited, Auckland, New Zealand.
Lesley J Scott

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The angiotensin II receptor antagonist eprosartan is approved for the treatment of essential hypertension and may be administered using a convenient once-daily regimen. The drug is a well tolerated and effective antihypertensive agent with benefit in the secondary prevention of cerebrovascular events, independent of blood pressure (BP)-lowering effects. Eprosartan has a low potential for serious adverse events and has not been associated with clinically significant drug interactions, establishing it as a promising agent for combination antihypertensive strategies. Unlike ACE inhibitors such as enalapril, eprosartan does not have a tendency to cause persistent nonproductive cough. Accordingly, eprosartan represents a useful therapeutic option in the management of patients with hypertension, including those who have had a stroke and those with co-morbid type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Indexed as

AcrylatesAngiotensin II Type 1 Receptor BlockersAnimalsAntihypertensive AgentsClinical Trials as TopicHumansHypertensionImidazolesThiophenesAcrylatesAngiotensin II Type 1 Receptor BlockersAntihypertensive AgentseprosartanImidazolesThiophenes

Identifiers

PMID16266204
OpenAlexW2087558676

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.