Efecto de asociar una dihidropiridina a la monoterapia antihipertensiva

The addition of a second antihypertensive drug controls hypertension in 37.4 % of patients unable to be control led monotherapeutically. Lercanidipine in combination with beta-blockers (either ACEI or ARAII) appears to be effective and well-tolerated. Taking into account the percentage of monotherapeutically-treated patients who are controlled (according to the Controlpres study) and those such non-controlled patients who could benefit from the addition of a second drug, our results could be extrapolated to assert that 66.8% of the treated hypertensive population would present BP levels under 140/90 mmHg.