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August 07, 2019
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Oral nifedipine, methyldopa, labetalol ‘viable initial options’ for severe hypertension in pregnancy in low-resource settings
Comparison of the safety and efficacy of three oral antihypertensives — labetalol, nifedipine retard and methyldopa — for use in pregnant women with severe hypertension showed that each drug resulted in BP control within 6 hours, with nifedipine retard demonstrating the greatest frequency of BP control, according to data published in The Lancet.