Adherence patterns among patients treated with fixed-dose combination versus separate antihypertensive agents
- 15 June 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
- Vol. 64 (12), 1279-1283
- https://doi.org/10.2146/ajhp060434
Abstract
Purpose. Adherence patterns of patients treated with a fixed-dose combination of amlodipine–benazepril versus an angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitor plus a dihydropyridine calcium-channel blocker (CCB) prescribed as separate drugs were studied.Keywords
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