{"title":"Treating resistant hypertension: What are the best pharmacologic options?","authors":"Joseph M Walter, Andrew Giaquinto","doi":"10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000249","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Resistant hypertension (RH) is defined as blood pressure (BP) that remains above goal despite treatment with three first-line pharmacologic classes or BP that requires four or more medications to obtain control. After ruling out secondary causes and implementing nonpharmacologic treatments, clinicians may encounter the question of which pharmacologic treatment options should be used next. This article discusses evidence-based second-line medication options for RH.</p>","PeriodicalId":48728,"journal":{"name":"Jaapa-Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants","volume":"38 10","pages":"14-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Jaapa-Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000249","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/9/25 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract: Resistant hypertension (RH) is defined as blood pressure (BP) that remains above goal despite treatment with three first-line pharmacologic classes or BP that requires four or more medications to obtain control. After ruling out secondary causes and implementing nonpharmacologic treatments, clinicians may encounter the question of which pharmacologic treatment options should be used next. This article discusses evidence-based second-line medication options for RH.
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