Compliance in hypertension: why don't patients take their pills?

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Updates to Adherence to Hypertension Medications.Current hypertension reports · 2018
   Review
2. Detecting non-adherence by urine analysis in patients with uncontrolled hypertension: rates, reasons and reactions.Journal of human hypertension · 2017
   Observational
3. Adherence of patients to long-term medication: a cross-sectional study of antihypertensive regimens in Austria.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2015
   Article
4. Management of high-risk patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy in Germany: differences between cardiac specialists in the inpatient and outpatient setting.BMC public health · 2006
   Article
5. Regression of microalbuminuria in type 2 diabetics after switch to irbesartan treatment : an observational study in 38 016 patients in primary care.Clinical drug investigation · 2004
   Article
6. Efficacy and Safety of Valsartan 160mg/Hydrochlorothiazide 25mg Combination in Patients with Hypertension not Adequately Controlled by Valsartan 160mg/Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5mg.Clinical drug investigation · 2004
   Article
7. Quality of life with nonpharmacologic treatment of hypertension.Current hypertension reports · 2001
   Review
8. Monotherapy versus combination therapy as first line treatment of uncomplicated arterial hypertension.Drugs · 2001
   Review
9. Methods and applications of quality-of-life measurement during antihypertensive therapy.Current hypertension reports · 2000
   Review
10. Observational studies of antihypertensive medication use and compliance: is drug choice a factor in treatment adherence?Current hypertension reports · 2000
    Review

Corrections and comments

• Comment on
  Persistence with treatment for hypertension in actual practice.1999
• Comment on
  Effect of initial drug choice on persistence with antihypertensive therapy: the importance of actual practice data.1999

Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

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Abstract

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