Unsuccessfully Treated Hypertension: A Major Public Health Problem With a Potential Solution.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:About one-half of all hypertensive adults do not have their blood pressure controlled. They are often prescribed medications that conform to national guidelines but they continue to have elevated blood pressure. This public health problem might be improved by applying plasma renin guided therapy. RESULTS:A contributor to the public health problem of unsuccessfully treated hypertension is that the circulating renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is not recognized in treatment guidelines as clinically relevant for the treatment of hypertension or as important as the body salt status for determining blood pressure levels. Another contributor to the problem is the lack of specificity in the package inserts for antihypertensive drugs. They do not specifically state under the heading "Indications" that RAS blockers are primarily most effective in hypertensive subjects with medium and high plasma renin levels; by contrast, natriuretic drugs are most effective in those with low plasma renin levels. METHODS:Literature review. CONCLUSIONS:To address the problem of unsuccessfully treated hypertension, we recommend that the "Indications" section of package inserts for antihypertensive drugs be more specific. The primary indication for RAS blockers ought to be hypertension with medium and high plasma renin levels, and natriuretic agents for those with low plasma renin levels. Similar language ought to be added to treatment guidelines. Additionally, 3 other reasons for lack of blood pressure control also need to be addressed-failure to prescribe antihypertensive drugs to hypertensive subjects, failure of patients to fill prescriptions, and low drug adherence.

journal_name

Am J Hypertens

authors

Furberg CD,Sealey JE,Blumenfeld JD

doi

10.1093/ajh/hpx068

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-09-01 00:00:00

pages

857-860

issue

9

eissn

0895-7061

issn

1941-7225

pii

3803703

journal_volume

30

pub_type

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