Objective The Swedish Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefits Agency is re-assessing the value of all drugs included in the reimbursement scheme in order to make the most efficient use of resources. Their recent review of antihypertensive drugs included 46 substances with total annual sales of...

<Emphasis Type="Bold">Background: ASCOT (Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial) showed in hypertensive patients that blood pressure-lowering treatment with an amlodipine-based regimen reduces events compared with an atenolol-based regimen and that atorvastatin was more effective than placebo. <Emphasis Type="Bold">Objective: To assess...</emphasis></emphasis>

Background: ASCOT (Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial) showed in hypertensive patients that blood pressure-lowering treatment with an amlodipine-based regimen reduces events compared with an atenolol-based regimen and that atorvastatin was more effective than placebo. Abstract: Objective:...