Management of Hypertension in the Elderly Patient at Abidjan Cardiology Institute (Ivory Coast)

Table 2

Type of drugs used.

Type of drug	%
One drug  (33.1%)
Calcium antagonists	36.3
RAS blockers	32
Diuretics	16
β-blockers	10.7
CAS	5
Two drugs  (53.8%)
RAS blockers + Diuretics	69.8
β-blockers + Diuretics	8.5
β-blockers + Calcium antagonists	7.4
Diuretics + Calcium antagonist	5.5
RAS Blockers + Calcium antagonists	3.5
RAS Blockers + β-blockers	3.5
CAS + (diuretics or RAS blockers or calcium antagonist or β-blockers)	1.8
Three drugs  (11%)
RAS blockers + Diuretics + Calcium antagonists	51.7
RAS blockers + Diuretics + β-blockers	18.4
Diuretics + β-blockers + Calcium antagonists	17.2
RAS blockers + β-blockers + Calcium antagonists	2.3
Other using CAS	10.4
Four drugs  (2.2%)
RAS blockers + Diuretics + Calcium antagonists + β-blockers	58.8
RAS blockers + Diuretics + Calcium antagonists+ CAS	35.3
RAS blockers + Diuretics + β-blockers+ CAS	5.9

RAS blockers: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers, CAS: Centrally acting sympatholytics.