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Reasons for switching antihypertensive medication in general practice: a cross-sectional Czech nationwide survey
J. Václavík, P. Vysočanová, J. Seidlerová, P. Zajíček, O. Petrák, J. Dlask, J. Krýza,
Language English Country United States
Document type Journal Article, Observational Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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- MeSH
- Antihypertensive Agents administration & dosage MeSH
- Adult MeSH
- Hypertension drug therapy MeSH
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Drug Substitution statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Primary Health Care statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Cross-Sectional Studies MeSH
- Aged, 80 and over MeSH
- Aged MeSH
- Check Tag
- Adult MeSH
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Aged, 80 and over MeSH
- Aged MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Observational Study MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic MeSH
To improve blood pressure (BP) control of their patients, physicians either adjust or switch antihypertensive medication. Currently, there is only limited information available on why physicians decide to switch antihypertensive medications. A questionnaire-based survey was performed between November 2011 and March 2012 in the Czech Republic. General practitioners were asked to fill in questionnaires about their hypertensive patients whose antihypertensive medication they were planning to change. These questionnaires recorded data about patient demographic information, cardiovascular risk factors, BP values, and reasons for switching antihypertensive medication. Two hundred eight-six general practitioners surveyed a total of 4341 hypertensive patients. The mean age of the patients was 59.8 years, 68.9% of patients were overweight or obese. Uncontrolled office systolic and diastolic BP >140/90 mm Hg was present in 89.6% and 81.5% of patients, respectively, despite the fact that 49.4% of patients used a combination of 2 or more antihypertensive drugs. The most common reasons for switching medication were insufficient BP control (73.7%), followed by aiming for a better 24-hour effect (38.4%) and increased cardiovascular risk of the patients (37.7%). The major reason for switching antihypertensive treatment in general practice was insufficient BP control. Switching medication because of adverse drug effects is less frequent than reported a decade ago.
Boehringer Ingelheim Czech Republic
Department of Internal Cardiology Medicine University Hospital Brno Brno Czech Republic
Department of Internal Medicine 2 Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen Charles University Czech Republic
Department of Internal Medicine Valašské Meziříčí Hospital Valašské Meziříčí Czech Republic
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