Hypertension

Data: Patients on Norvasc achieved superior BP control with fewer heart attacks

Published in Biotech Business Week, July 12th, 2004

Patients taking Pfizer's blood pressure-lowering medicine Norvasc (amlodipine besylate) achieved superior blood pressure control and had significantly fewer heart attacks, according to findings from a major new clinical trial presented at the annual meeting of the European Society of Hypertension.

The 4-year, 15,245-patient trial compared the calcium channel blocker Norvasc with the angiotensin-receptor blocker valsartan. Norvasc patients reached lower blood pressure levels earlier, and maintained better blood pressure control throughout the trial compared with valsartan patients. In addition, Norvasc patients were treated with fewer add-on medications than valsartan...

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