Effect of nitrendipine therapy on casual and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure in mild to moderate hypertension

Abstract A study was conducted to evaluate the short- and long-term effectiveness and tolerability of nitrendipine once daily in patients with mild to moderate hypertension. Twenty-two hypertensive patients with supine diastolic blood pressures between 95 and 115 mmHg were enrolled. The patients were given 20 mg of nitrendipine once daily. If the blood pressure was not normalized (supine diastolic blood pressure P P