Treatment and prescribing trends of antihypertensive drugs in 2.7 million UK primary care patients over 31 years: a population-based cohort study

Author
J. Rouette
E. McDonald
T. Schuster
J. Brophy
L. Azoulay
Keywords
Adrenergic beta-Antagonists/therapeutic use
Adult
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors/therapeutic use
*Antihypertensive Agents/therapeutic use
Calcium Channel Blockers/therapeutic use
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
*Hypertension/chemically induced/drug therapy/epidemiology
Primary health care
Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors/therapeutic use
Thiazide diuretics
angiotensin II receptor blockers
angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors
beta-blockers
calcium channel blockers
first-line
hypertension
trajectory
trends
Year of Publication
2022
Journal
BMJ Open
Volume
12
Number of Pages
e057510
ISBN Number
2044-6055
Accession Number
35688595
DOI
10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057510