[Which hypertensive patient requires diuretic therapy?].

Abstract excerpt

Over the last decade the role of diuretics as first-line agents for the treatment of hypertension has diminished substantially. The present review encourages the reader to reconsider the current trend for a decline in the use of these inexpensive antihypertensive drugs whose efficacy is well documented. Diuretics have been used in 16 placebo controlled studies with over 13,000 patients as first-line drugs to...

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