After review of the long term hypertension studies, including the epidemiologic and randomized placebo controlled drug trials, certain clinically important facts stand out: Risk of cardiovascular events correlates better with systolic than diastolic blood pressure.(1) Risk correlates...
We are bombarded with suggestions as to what should be our drug of first choice in the management of patients with documented elevated blood pressure. Is it appropriate to choose randomly from the wide array...
There are 3 classes of drugs which are effective in the symptomatic management of angina pectoris. These 3 classes are nitrates, beta-blockers, and Ca channel blockers. In addition to the pharmacologic management advise your patients...
We were pleased to provide recipients of the Therapeutics Letter in March 1995 with the booklet Anti-infective Guidelines for Community-acquired Infections, prepared by the Ontario Anti-infective Review Panel. This booklet provides you with the first-choice...