OBJECTIVE: To describe the treatment of @entity101 , alone or in combination with associated conditions, by a group of general practitioners in the FAMUS network and to compare these treatment patterns to the recommendations of the Canadian @entity101 Society Consensus. DESIGN: Descriptive study based on data collected by 233 physicians in the FAMUS provincial register on @entity101 @entity1 treated in 1996. @entity1 : Developed between 1992 and 1996, the register contains 52,505 @entity1 , 9,094 of whom have high blood pressure. These @entity1 consulted their general practitioners for a complete examination. The data concern the risk factors for @entity65 and include the list of medications prescribed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Evaluation of the proportions in which various classes of medications were prescribed, and the most common combinations in relation to the presence or absence of associated conditions. RESULTS: Of the 4,049 @entity101 @entity1 seen in 1996, 50.2% were treated with one medication; 32.9% were treated with more than one medication; and 16.9% received no antihypertensive medication. The most frequently prescribed medications were @entity460 channel blockers (26.1%), followed by diuretics (25.3%), angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (24.3%), and beta-blockers (20.0%). Other agents made up the remaining 4.3% of prescriptions. The proportions were similar for @entity1 without complications who received one medication. CONCLUSIONS: Results of this study suggest that the new molecules are widely used and that treatment patterns differ from the recommendations of the Canadian @entity101 Society Consensus, particularly in the absence of associated conditions.

[Treatment patterns of XXXX in 1996. Data from the Quebec Family Practice, University of Sherbrooke registry].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'PARTICIPANTS'] @entity460 :: ('MESH:D002118', 'Chemical') :: ['calcium'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['hypertension', 'hypertensive', 'Hypertension'] @entity65 :: ('MESH:D002318', 'Disease') :: ['cardiovascular disease']
@entity101 :: (MESH:D006973,Disease) :: ['hypertension']
