PMID: 1197258Jan 1, 1975Paper

Severe hypertension in chronic renal failure treated successfully with Minoxidil

Proceedings of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association
R A SchachtD G Martin

Abstract

In fifteen patients with severe hypertension, eight of whom had end-stage kidney disease, blood pressure could not be adequately controlled with conventional oral antihypertensive drugs. Minoxidil, an orally administered drug which lowers blood pressure by reducing total peripheral resistance, produced a substantial reduction in blood pressure in all patients who were treated, including patients who prior to its availiability would have been considered for bilateral nephrectomy.

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