Hypertensive treatment in the elderly
(A) Elder patients are less compliant than young > Hypertensive patients who are over age 65, and particularly those over age 75, offer substantial challenges to the physician.> Several studies have reported that healthy elderly patients, whether male or female, who are treated with relatively modest doses of antihypertensive agents show a substantial reduction in strokes and stroke-related deaths. This is true whether the patient has systolic and diastolic hypertension or isolated systolic hypertension.
Elder patients are less compliant than young
Elder patients have less tolerance than young
It is the same in both
ACE inhibitors are useful
Miscellaneous