From caffeine to state-of-the-art biological therapies, untoward side effects of
pharmaceuticals can result in considerable morbidity and expense to the health care�…

Resistant hypertension is a blood pressure that remains above the treatment goal despite
use of optimal doses of three antihypertensive drugs of different classes including a diuretic�…

Abstract Purpose of Review This review is intended to briefly describe the primary
mechanistic pathways by which several common drugs can increase blood pressure. We�…

Pharmacists often receive inquiries about the effects of medications on blood pressure. For
example, concerns about OTC cough and cold products still arise even though some�…

Most patients with hypertension have essential hypertension or well-known forms of
secondary hypertension, such as renal disease, renal artery stenosis, or common endocrine�…

Patients with uncontrolled hypertension are at risk for cardiovascular complications. The
majority of them suffers from unidentified forms of hypertension and a fraction has so-called�…

Several drugs can cause hypertension and/or blunt the effect of antihypertensive treatment.
They can exacerbate a previously well controlled hypertension and/or render it resistant to�…

A myriad variety of therapeutic agents or chemical substances can induce either a transient
or persistent increase in blood pressure, or interfere with the blood pressure-lowering effects�…

Drug-induced hypertension is often an unrecognized cause of resistant or secondary
hypertension. It is defined as hypertension resulting from the unintended effect of a drug or�…

Many antihypertensive drugs have important interactions with drugs used for different
purposes; when these are used concomitantly, adverse effects on blood pressure can result�…