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Betablocking drugs in essential hypertension: transdermal bupranolol compared with oral metoprolol.

In the present study the antihypertensive efficacy and tolerability of transdermal bupranolol (30 mg once-daily) was compared with oral metoprolol (100 mg once-daily). Blood pressure measurements were performed in the office, at home, and with ambulatory 24-h blood pressure devices. Systemic and local side-effects, as well as compliance and acceptance, were evaluated every two weeks. The treatment period lasted eight weeks. The results showed a significant decrease in blood pressure under the bupranolol transdermal therapeutic system in the office, at home, and with 24-h blood pressure measurements day- (08h00-20h00) and night-time (20h00-08h00). Under oral metoprolol there was a significant blood pressure decrease in the office, at home, and in the mean daytime values of the 24-h blood pressure measurements. The night-time values, however, demonstrated only a slight decrease in blood pressure, being significant only for diastolic values. Systemic side-effects were comparable in both groups. 69% of the patients had local side-effects at the patch side (erythema, papulous exanthema, pruritus). Six patients dropped out because of localized urticarial exanthema (five patients treated with transdermal bupranolol, one patient treated with oral metoprolol). In comparison to the oral form, twice as many patients had admitted to have been non-compliant with the patches (13 versus 7 patients). At the end of the study, 24 out of 32 patients preferred to be treated with capsules.[1]

References

  1. Betablocking drugs in essential hypertension: transdermal bupranolol compared with oral metoprolol. Jeck, T., Edmonds, D., Mengden, T., Schubert, M., Renz, I., Weisser, B., Vetter, W. International journal of clinical pharmacology research. (1992) [Pubmed]
 
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