Twenty patients with mild and moderate hypertension were treated with varying doses of propranolol along with hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg daily. In eighteen patients (90%) the blood pressure control was good. Bronchospasm, congestive heart failure, significant postural hypotension and other bothersome side-effects were not observed. Propranolol has the merit of causing a slow reduction in blood pressure without troublesome side-effects.
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