Prospective Comparative Study of the Effects of Clonidine and Moxonidine as Add on Therapy in Patients of Chronic Kidney Disease with Hypertension in a Tertiary Carecenter

Authors

  • Chandresh Kumar Gupta1, Pradeep Kumar Yadav2, Laxman Verma3, Divya R.4, Sanjay Kumar Bhatt4, Rajiv Ratan Singh4

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37506/mlu.v20i4.1784

Keywords:

Chronic kidney disease, hypertension, moxinidine, clonidine.

Abstract

Objectives: To compare the effects of clonidine and moxonidine as add on therapy in patients of chronic
kidney disease with hypertension.
Method: It is an observational study of duration of one year. Patient who fall under the diagnostic criteria of
chronic kidney disease with hypertension were selected randomly from those attending the routine medicine
outpatient department and medicine wardat S.N. Medical College and associated hospital.
Result and Conclusion: Study shows a slightly greater reduction in various parameters of chronic kidney
disease like systolic BP, diastolic BP, pulse rate, blood urea, and serum creatinine with moxonidine group
than clonidine group. But statistically there was no significant difference was found in both groups.

Author Biography

  • Chandresh Kumar Gupta1, Pradeep Kumar Yadav2, Laxman Verma3, Divya R.4, Sanjay Kumar Bhatt4, Rajiv Ratan Singh4

    1Senior Resident, Department of Pharmacology, 2Senior Resident, Department of Forensic Medicine and
    Toxicology, 3Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, 4Associate Professor, Department of Emergency
    Medicine, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, UP, India

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Published

2020-11-18

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 4 (2020): Medico-Legal Update

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Prospective Comparative Study of the Effects of Clonidine and Moxonidine as Add on Therapy in Patients of Chronic Kidney Disease with Hypertension in a Tertiary Carecenter. (2020). Medico Legal Update, 20(4), 138-143. https://doi.org/10.37506/mlu.v20i4.1784