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Effect of Administration and Withdrawal of Doxazosin on Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Patients with Essential Hypertension

Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Takayuki Yoshizumi, M.D.

First Division of Internal Medicine, National Fukuoka Central Hospital, Fukuoka

Yasuo Ito, M.D.

First Division of Internal Medicine, National Fukuoka Central Hospital, Fukuoka

Yasuo Hirota, M.D.

Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu

Masatoshi Fujishima, M.D.

Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

The effect of both administration and withdrawal of doxazosin on patients with essential hypertension was evaluated by twenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring. Six hypertensive men were treated with doxazosin starting at 1 mg/day, and the dosage was titrated at weekly intervals up to a maximum of 8 mg/day. The twenty-four-hour BP profile was monitored noninvasively before treatment, in the fourth week of treatment, and on days 2 and 7 after the discontinuation of doxazosin. The average twenty-four-hour systolic and diastolic BPs (SBP and DBP) were lowered by doxazosin treatment and returned to the pretreatment levels within two days of doxazosin withdrawal. Doxazosin treatment produced a significant decrease in the daytime SBP and DBP but not in the nighttime BP values. The daytime BP decrease was no longer detected on days 2 and 7 after drug withdrawal. The twenty-four-hour pulse rate was not influenced by either doxazosin administration or discontinuation. The plasma norepinephrine concentration and plasma renin activity were increased by doxazosin treatment and were decreased by drug withdrawal. There was no rebound hypertension following doxazosin withdrawal. Thus, the present study using twenty-four-hour BP monitoring showed that doxazosin treatment reduced the daytime BP in patients with essential hypertension and that this reduction was abolished within two days after doxazosin discontinuation.

Angiology, Vol. 46, No. 1, 11-18 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979504600102


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