Antihypertensive Drugs

This work provides a detailed review of current antihypertensive drug development. The first part, medical chemistry, covers current research on areas including the angiotensin II-receptor antagonists and renin inhibitors. Pharmacology, section two, offers discussions on the major groups of drugs currently in use and their mechanisms, with a separate chapter devoted to new and experimental antihypertensive drugs. The final section deals with clinical pharmacology, the haemodynamic profile of current hypertensive drugs and hypertensive treatment. A discussion of drug treatment of hypertension in the elderly and in diabetics concludes the book.