Value of the results of INSIGHT and ENCOR studies for clinical practice
https://doi.org/10.18705/1607-419X-2003-9-6-225-228
Abstract
The paper presents the latest data on the clinical efficacy and safety of OSMO adalate (Nifedepine GITS), a lomg-acting drug from a group of slow calcium channel blockers. In addition to its pronounced and steady-state antihypertensive effect during monotherapy, OSMO adalate, when long used, causes a significant reduction in the incidence of cardiovascular complications, including fatal events in particular, and in patients with prior myocardial infarction. The antihypertensive effect of this drug is not inferior to that of the routine diuretic therapy. However, OSMO adalate more favorably affects the metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, and uric acid and less frequently induced peripheral arterial oclusions, gout, and diabetes mellitus. The use of this drug has been found to prevent an increase in the thickness of carotid intimomedial layers, as well as progression of coronary arterial calcinosis (the use of a diuretics does not). Moreover, the ENCOR study has revealed that OSMO adalate therapy also prevents spastic reactions in the coronary arteries due to their better endothelial function.
About the Author
V. N. Khirmanov
Санкт-Петербургская государственная медицинская академия им. И.И.Мечникова
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Khirmanov V.N. Value of the results of INSIGHT and ENCOR studies for clinical practice. "Arterial’naya Gipertenziya" ("Arterial Hypertension"). 2003;9(6):225-228. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.18705/1607-419X-2003-9-6-225-228
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