The Effect of Calcium Channel Blockers on Moderate or Severe Albuminuria in Diabetic, Hypertensive Patients

• Published in: The American journal of medicine Vol. 134; no. 1; pp. 104 - 113.e3
• Main Authors: Cativo, Eder H., Lopez, Persio D., Cativo, Diana P., Atlas, Steven A., Rosendorff, Clive
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Albuminuria; Albuminuria - drug therapy; Albuminuria - physiopathology; Calcium channel blockers; Calcium Channel Blockers - pharmacology; Calcium Channel Blockers - therapeutic use; Diabetes Mellitus - physiopathology; Diabetic Nephropathies - drug therapy; Diabetic Nephropathies - physiopathology; Diabetic nephropathy; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - complications; Hypertension - physiopathology; Renin-angiotensin system blockers; Hypertension; Renin-angiotensin system blockers; Diabetic nephropathy; Albuminuria; Calcium channel blockers

Inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system are recommended for the management of albuminuria in patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus, but there is little consensus about alternative therapies. Calcium channel blockers are recommended for the management of hypertension, but the data are c...