Hypertension
New data from clinical studies demonstrate effective blood pressure treatments
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, June 27th, 2005
Data from two clinical studies presented at the American Society of Hypertension's twentieth annual scientific meeting (ASH 2005) demonstrated that BENICAR (olmesartan medoxomil) and BENICAR HCT (olmesartan medoxomil/hydrochlorothiazide) were effective in treating the difficult patient with stage 2 hypertension, as well as the less complicated stage 1 patient, helping both achieve nationally recognized blood pressure goals.
The first presentation, titled "BENICAR Efficacy in Systolic Hypertension Trial (BEST)," demonstrated that a BENICAR based treatment algorithm significantly reduced mean systolic blood pressure in a stage 2 systolic hypertensive population.
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