Table 1.
Antihypertensive drugs
|
Category |
Generic name |
Trade name |
No. of cases of monothrapy |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before PS matching | After PS matching | |||
| ARBs | ||||
| |
candesartan cilexetil |
Blopress |
289 |
200 |
| losartan potassium |
Nu-lotan |
154 |
87 |
|
| olmesartan medoxomil |
Olmetec |
177 |
113 |
|
| telmisartan |
Micardis |
141 |
91 |
|
| valsartan |
Diovan |
161 |
110 |
|
| CCBs | ||||
| |
amlodipine besilate |
Norvasc, Amlodin |
355 |
277 |
| |
azelnidipine |
Calblock |
46 |
38 |
| |
benidipine hydrochloride |
Coniel |
82 |
66 |
| |
cilnidipine |
Atelec, Cinalong |
41 |
36 |
| |
manidipine hydrochloride |
Calslot |
25 |
21 |
| |
nicardipine hydrochloride |
Perdipine |
17 |
13 |
| |
nifedipine |
Adalat, Herlat, Sepamit |
133 |
110 |
| |
nilvadipine |
Nivadil |
30 |
24 |
| others (barnidipine hydrochloride, efonidipine hydrochloride ethanolate, felodipine, nitrendipine and nisoldipine) | Hypoca, Landel, Munobal, Baylotensin, Baymycard | 22 | 16 | |