Variable Details

Available Studies

ROS, MAP, MARS, Clinical Core, LATC

Scaled? 

Not Scaled

Variable Type 

Longitudinal

Variable Name 

other_antihyp_rx

Categories

Medications

Other antihypertensive medications
Other antihypertensive medication usage in last 2 weeks

Other antihypertensives DO NOT include: diuretics, calcium channel blockers, beta blockers, and ACE inhibitors.

ValueCoding
1(Yes) If participant was taking other antihypertensives at this visit
0(No) If participant was not taking other antihypertensives at this visit

Participants supplied all medications prescribed by a doctor, vitamins, supplements, and over-the-counter remedies and medicines taken in the 2 weeks prior to the evaluation. Direct visual inspection of all containers of prescription and over-the-counter agents allowed for medication documentation. Medications were subsequently coded using the Medi-Span Drug Data Base system.

Medications included:

HYDRALAZINE
ENDURONYL
RESERPINE
APRESOLINE
SER-AP-ES
INSPRA

Medi-Span. Master Drug Data Base Documentation Manual. Indianapolis, IN: Medi-Span, 1995.