Question 120 · LEK · Treatment
Indicate the true statement concerning the treatment of arterial hypertension:
- A. pharmacological therapy should be started with one antihypertension drug at a mean or maximal dose.
- B. in patients with hypertension of the 2nd or 3rd degree the treatment should be started with 2 drugs in low doses.
- C. if the therapy with 2 drugs is inefficient the 3rd drug should be added at an at least mean dose.
- D. the most rational combination of three hypotensive drugs is the combination of ACEI with a potassium-sparing diuretic and a β-blocker.
- E. efficacy of the applied therapy should be assessed one week after its initiation.
Hint
Recall that current guidelines favour low-dose combination therapy, and which three-drug combination is regarded as rational.
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