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Treating hypertension with a pill containing very low doses of four antihypertensive agents compared with standard dose irbesartan
  1. Abubaker Eltayeb1,
  2. Teck K Khong2
  1. 1 St George's University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK
  2. 2 Clinical Pharmacology, St George's University of London, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Teck K Khong, Clinical Pharmacology, St George's University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK; tkhong{at}sgul.ac.uk

Abstract

Commentary on: Chow CK, Atkins ER, Hillis GS, et al. Initial treatment with a single pill containing quadruple combination of quarter doses of blood pressure medicines versus standard dose monotherapy in patients with hypertension (QUARTET): a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, active-controlled trial. Lancet. 2021;398:1043–52.

Series co-ordinator: Dr Teck Khong, DTB Associate Editor Clinical Pharmacology, St George’s, University of London, UK

  • drug-related side effects and adverse reactions
  • health care quality, access, and evaluation

https://doi.org/10.1136/dtb.2022.000014

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