Table 4.

Medication selected by clinicians as most frequently prescribed monotherapy for new diagnosis hypertension for a patient without comorbidities [N 30]

Medication class	Most Prescribed	New Diagnosis
Loop diuretics	13 (44%)	11 (37%)
Centrally-acting / α-2 agonist	4 (13%)	3 (10%)
Calcium channel blockers	7 (23%)	8 (27%)
Beta blockers	1 (3%)	0
ACEIs/ARBs	3 (10%)	1 (3%)
Thiazide diuretics	2 (7%)	7 (23%)
Spironolactone	0	0

ACEI angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, ARB angiotensin receptor blocker