How to Diagnose and Manage Resistant Hypertension – MM1510
The number of truly drug-resistant hypertensive patients is small if careful attention is paid to blood pressure measurement , lifestyle measures are instituted and treatment is adjusted as required. An effective drug combination for the treatment of resistant hypertension is an ACE inhibitor (or angiotensin II receptor blocker), a calcium channel blocker and a thiazide-like diuretic, with possibly the addition of a fourth drug.
Modern Medicine – October 2015