Tolerability of Antihypertensive Medications: The Influence of Age.

Giulia RivasiAntonio CoscarelliMarco CapacciLudovica CeolinGiada TurrinVirginia TortùMaria Flora D'AndriaGiuseppe Dario TestaAndrea Ungar

Published in: High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension (2024)

CCB-related ankle swelling and ACEi-induced cough represent the most common antihypertensive-related AEs, also at old age. Older patients showed a two-fold increased risk of ankle swelling, that was also independently associated with BMI. ACEi-induced cough had similar prevalence at younger and old ages, being independently associated with GERD.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
high glucose
diabetic rats
drug induced
body mass index
risk factors
oxidative stress
endothelial cells
clinical trial
hypertensive patients
randomized controlled trial
weight gain