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  • Title: [The orthostatic hypotension in patients treated with antihypertensive drugs (author's transl)].
    Author: Pessina AC, Pigato R, Dal Palù C.
    Journal: G Ital Cardiol; 1977 Aug; 7(8):795-800. PubMed ID: 21120.
    Abstract:
    Occasional or recurrent episodes of orthostatic hypotension were observed in 58 out of 584 hypertensive patients treated with alpha-methyldopa, beta-blockers and clonidine alone or associated with diuretics and/or hydralazine and/or reserpine. They occurred more frequently in the elderly. In none dicardial ischaemia. In only 3 cases it caused drowsiness and in 2 transient T wave inversion. These results suggest that postural hypotension does not contraindicate the continuation of antihypertensive treatment.
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