Is an ephedrine caffeine treatment contraindicated in hypertension?

J IngerslevT L SvendsenA Mørk

Published in: International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity (2005)

This study does not support the assumption that E + C should cause rises in blood pressure, acutely or during shortterm treatment, in either normotensive or hypertensive obese patients. The antihypertensive effect of the betablockers was not reversed by E + C.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
obese patients
hypertensive patients
heart rate
metabolic syndrome
blood glucose
adipose tissue