Journal article
The Management of Hypertension in the Overweight and Obese Patient
Abstract
The management of hypertension in the overweight and obese patient is a frequently encountered but under investigated clinical problem. The conventional management of such patients involves weight reduction with dietary therapy or a combined approach with dietary and anti-obesity drug therapy. However, long-term weight reduction, which is necessary to sustain blood pressure (BP) control, is not feasible in over 80% of patients.Anti-obesity …
Authors
Douketis JD; Sharma AM
Journal
Drugs, Vol. 64, No. 8, pp. 795–803
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
4 2004
DOI
10.2165/00003495-200464080-00001
ISSN
0012-6667