ReviewDrug safety1996
Adverse metabolic effects of antihypertensive drugs. Implications for treatment.
Review in Drug safety, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Metabolic profile of indapamide sustained-release in patients with hypertension: data from three randomised double-blind studies.Drug safety · 2001Pooled it
- Adding nebivolol to ongoing antihypertensive therapy improves blood pressure and response rates in patients with uncontrolled stage I-II hypertension.Journal of human hypertension · 2010Trial
- Recommendations for sample selection, collection and preparation for NMR-based metabolomics studies of blood.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2025Review
- Effect of exercise based on ACSM recommendations on blood pressure and heart rate in hypertensive patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- The effect of fat intake and antihypertensive drug therapy on serum lipid profile: a cross-sectional survey of serum lipids in male and female hypertensives.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2010Article
- Drug-induced endocrine and metabolic disorders.Drug safety · 2007Review
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Abstract
Adverse metabolic effects have been associated with drugs used in the therapy of hypertension, especially diuretics and beta-blockers. These effects include electrolyte, glucose/insulin, lipid and uric acid disturbances. This may explain, at least in part, why early trials examining the impact of antihypertensive pharmacotherapy with diuretics and beta-blockers showed beneficial effects on coronary artery disease that fell disappointingly short of the predicted effect. Among therapeutic drugs, diuretics cause disturbances in electrolyte homeostasis, e.g. hypokalaemia, hypomagnesaemia, and hyponatraemia. In contrast, ACE inhibitors cause hyperkalaemia under certain circumstances. Both diuretics and beta-blockers, especially nonselective beta-blockers that lack intrinsic sympathomimetic capabilities, have been associated with disturbances in glucose/insulin metabolism and can cause deleterious alterations in the profile of circulating plasma lipids. Hyperuricaemia, associated with diuretic use, appears to be a problem only in those patients who are predisposed to high circulating levels of uric acid.
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