Table 1.

Recommendations for antihypertensive drug choices according to co-morbidities, the Current Care Hypertension guideline 2002 [27]

	First line medication	Second choice	Special considerations
Hypertension	Thiazide diuretics ACEI Beta-blocking agents	ARB	Diuretics or CCBs if isolated systolic blood pressure
Diabetes	ACEI Diuretics Beta-blocking agents CCBs
CHD	Beta-blocking agents	Diuretics CCBs
Heart failure	ACEI Diuretics	Beta-blocking agents ARB
Arrhythmia	Beta-blocking agents CCBs		Depends on the type of arrhythmia
Dyslipidaemia			Do not have significance to the drug choice
Asthma or COPD	Diuretics CCBs ACEI

Abbreviations: ACEI, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin II receptor inhibitor; CCBs, calcium channel blockers; CHD, coronary heart disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.