Effect of antihypertensive medication reduction on short-term blood pressure control in older adults: calibration of OPTiMISE trial results to real-world primary care data.

Background While antihypertensive treatment prevents cardiovascular events, it may also increase risks such as falls in patients with frailty. The Optimising Treatment for Mild Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly (OPTiMISE) trial found that deprescribing one antihypertensive drug did not result in...

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