Guo-Hua Zhu, Xi-Peng Sun, Jing Li, Lin Pi, Hai-Qin Tang, Hai-Qing Gao, Hong-Liang Cong, Peng Qu, Xin-Zheng Lu, Xin-Jun Zhang, Luo-Sha Zhao, Yi-Fang Guo, Dong-Xia Liu, Liang-Qing Zhang, Hua Tang, Yi-Xin Hu, Li Fan, Qi Hua
Background: Reserpine is currently used by millions of Chinese hypertensive patients, in spite of the continued concern of its depressogenic effect, even when used in low dose. This study aimed to investigate the association between low-dose reserpine use and depression in older Chinese hypertensive patient. Methods: In this cross-sectional, case-control study, we recruited patient aged 60 years or over who had regularly taken one or two tables of "compound reserpine and triamterene tablets (CRTTs)" for more than one year (reserpine user) from 26 community health centers located in 10 provinces in China...
August 2019: Journal of Geriatric Cardiology: JGC