In message <01bdc4a7$4ecd45a0$00000001@FRAN>, Francisco Machado
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>Hi
>
>This may seem a simple problem but here goes
>anyway.........
>
>What type of anti hypertensive class of drug would
>you start a 50 year old male with essential
>hypertension who has no other significant medical
>problems.
>
>I ask this question resulting from a discussion
>about hypertension with my partners who all felt
>that the most appropriate initial preparation
>would be an ACE inhibitor, but were unable to say
>why. Have I missed something??
> Fran, you are not koool, chill out, move with the music: ace is the
fashion! Me, I would give him bendrofluazide, if it works, then great,
it is cheap, side effects well known and go if its stopped. Ace
inhibitor is my third choice, B-blocker my second.
>Thanks
>
>Fran
>Dr Francisco Machado,
>Abersychan Surgery, Old Road, Abersychan, Torfaen,
>NP4 7BQ
>website http://www.abersychan.demon.co.uk/home.htm
>
>
>
>
>----
>Read this list on the Web at http://www.makelist.com/list/gwentgp/
>To unsubscribe, email to [log in to unmask]
>To subscribe, email to [log in to unmask]
>--
>Start a FREE E-Mail List at http://www.makelist.com !
--
john plumb
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|