TY - JOUR AU - Kamath, Ashwin PY - 2017/01/02 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Pharmacological management of hypertension in adults: updates from Eighth Joint National Committee JF - International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology JA - Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol VL - 3 IS - 2 SE - Letter to the Editor DO - UR - https://www.ijbcp.com/index.php/ijbcp/article/view/452 SP - 415-416 AB - <span>The choice of first-line antihypertensive drug(s) is a matter of intensive research despite the availability of data from large, randomized, and controlled clinical trials. The Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC) guideline on management of high blood pressure (BP) in adults has significant updates over the earlier guidelines.</span> ER -