Table 2 Findings from different studies conducted to evaluate prescribing pattern of antihypertensive drugs
From: A review on prescribing patterns of antihypertensive drugs
Author name | No. subjects involved | Mono-/combination therapy prescribed | Antihypertensive drug class | Observation/Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Caceres et al. [13] | 100Â % of the Extremadura population | Monotherapy | ARBs, ACEIs | Use of ARBs increased over ACEIs |
Xu et al. [14] | 59 hospitals’ databases | Monotherapy | CCBs, ARBs, ACEIs, BBs, and diuretics | The top-prescribed antihypertensive drug classes were CCBs and ARBs |
Liu and Wang [15] | 6,536 | Mono and combination | CCBs (17.7 %), CCBs + beta-blockers (7.7 %) | CCBs and BBs were the most prescribed antihypertensives |
Joseph et al. [16] | 165 | Two or more | CCB | 87.27Â % prescriptions were found rational |
Beg et al. [17] | 645 | Two or more | ARB | 225 antihypertensives were from essential medicines list |
Gu et al. [18] | 9320 | Multiple | ARB | With Single pill combination 55Â % likelihood of BP control |
Al-Drabah et al. [19] | 416 | Mono (192) | ACEIs | Most patients did not achieve target BP |