The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 410-411 , June 2007

New Drug Available for Treating Hypertension

  • Maren Mayhew, MS, ANP, GNP

      Affiliations

    • Maren Mayhew, MS, ANP, GNPx, is the author and editor of Pharmacology for Primary Care Providers, a textbook for NPs published by Mosby.

References 

  1. FDA News  . FDA approves new drug treatment for high blood pressure . Available at: www.fda.gov March 6, 2007; Accessed March 28, 2007
  2. Tekturna prescribing information . Available at: www.tekturna.com Accessed March 28, 2007
  3. van Tassell BW . Aliskiren for renin inhibition: a new class of antihypertensives . Ann Pharmacother . 2007;41(3):456–464
  4. Staessen JA . Oral renin inhibitors . Lancet . 2006;368(9545):1449–1456
  5. Oh BH . Aliskiren, an oral renin inhibitor, provides dose-dependent efficacy and sustained 24 hour blood pressure control in patients with hypertension . J Am Coll Cardiol . 2007;49(11):1157–1163
  6. Vaidyanathan S . Lack of pharmacokinetic interactions of aliskiren, a novel direct renin inhibitor for the treatment of hypertension, with the antihypertensive amlodipine, valsartan, hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ), and ramipril in healthy volunteers . Int J Clin Pract . 2006;60(11):1343–1356

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PII: S1555-4155(07)00339-X

doi: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2007.04.019

The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 410-411 , June 2007

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