Recommendations: Hypertension/Blood Pressure Control

This set of six slides summarize recommendations for screening and diagnosis, goals, and treatment for hypertension/blood pressure control in patients with diabetes Slide 5 of 6 – Treatment (Slide 3 of 4) Pharmacologic therapy for patients with diabetes and hypertension should be paired with a regimen that included either an ACE inhibitor or an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB); if one class is not tolerated, the other should be substituted Multiple drug therapy (two or more agents at maximal doses) is generally required to achieve blood pressure targets (B) Administer one or more antihypertensive medications at bedtime (A)71Reference American Diabetes Association. Standards of medical care in diabetes—2013. Diabetes Care 2013;36(suppl 1):S29.