Spironolactone and drug-resistant hypertension—video review

Drug-resistant hypertension is defined as high blood pressure that isn't responding to treatment with at least three blood pressure-lowering medications at their maximum dose. Up until now...

Franz Wiesbauer, MD MPH
Franz Wiesbauer, MD MPH
8th Oct 2015 • 2m read
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Drug-resistant hypertension is defined as high blood pressure that isn't responding to treatment with at least three blood pressure-lowering medications at their maximum dose. Up until now, choosing to add a fourth drug in these cases hadn't been scientifically proven to be helpful or safe. Bryan Williams and colleagues shed light on this topic in their PATHWAY-2 trial that was published in the Lancet in September 2015. Watch the above video to learn all about it.

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Summary Infographic

SPIRONOLACTONE vs PLACEBO, BISOPROLOL and DOXAZOSIN to determine the optimal treatment for drug-resistant hypertension