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Long-term follow-up of 500 patients with mild to moderate hypertension who had successfully completed a 3-month general practice study of a timolol-bendrofluazide combination ('Prestim'). 1987

A C Head, and B T Marsh, and I T Fairey

Medical Department, Leo Laboratories Ltd., Princes Risborough, England.

A sample of 500 patients with mild to moderate hypertension, who had been successfully controlled on once daily timolol/bendrofluazide at the end of a 3-month general practice study, was followed up after approximately 1 year of treatment. Physicians who had participated in the trial were questioned on the current status of these patients. Out of 479 reports received, data showed that 358 (75%) patients were still normotensive 47 weeks after starting treatment with timolol/bendrofluazide and in a further 8 patients other antihypertensive agents had been added to this therapy. Of the 113 patients no longer receiving timolol/bendrofluazide, only 38 (7.9%) had stopped therapy due to adverse effects. It is concluded that the results are a further indication that timolol/bendrofluazide offers an acceptable and balanced long-term form of therapy in hypertension for both the patient and the physician.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006973	Hypertension	Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.	Blood Pressure, High,Blood Pressures, High,High Blood Pressure,High Blood Pressures
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D011674	Pulse	The rhythmical expansion and contraction of an ARTERY produced by waves of pressure caused by the ejection of BLOOD from the left ventricle of the HEART as it contracts.	Pulses
D001835	Body Weight	The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms.	Body Weights,Weight, Body,Weights, Body
D002986	Clinical Trials as Topic	Works about pre-planned studies of the safety, efficacy, or optimum dosage schedule (if appropriate) of one or more diagnostic, therapeutic, or prophylactic drugs, devices, or techniques selected according to predetermined criteria of eligibility and observed for predefined evidence of favorable and unfavorable effects. This concept includes clinical trials conducted both in the U.S. and in other countries.	Clinical Trial as Topic
D004338	Drug Combinations	Single preparations containing two or more active agents, for the purpose of their concurrent administration as a fixed dose mixture.	Drug Combination,Combination, Drug,Combinations, Drug
D005260	Female		Females
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man