**Meet the editor**

Professor Hossein Babaei obtained his Pharm D from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in 1987 and his PhD in Cardiovascular Pharmacology from Bradford University (United Kingdom) in 1998. He is professor of pharmacology in School of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. He has been appointed as dean of Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz Universi-

ty of Medical Sciences, in May 2003. Since then the research center has had greater academic achievements and according to Iranian Razi Research Festival, has been selected several times as top ranking among Iranian Biomedical Research Centers.

Contents

**Preface VII** 

Akira Takahara

Chapter 1 **New Therapeutics in Hypertension 1**  Jorge Luis León Alvarez

Chapter 2 **Dual L/N-Type Ca2+ Channel Blocker:** 

Roberto de Barros Silva

Chapter 6 **Pharmacokinetic Interactions of** 

Yoshihiro Uesawa

Chapter 8 **The Use of Antihypertensive** 

Chapter 3 **Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease: Cause** 

Chapter 4 **Potassium-Sparing Diuretics in Hypertension 67** 

Chapter 5 **Hypertension and Renin-Angiotensin System 85** 

Chapter 7 **Drug Interaction Exposures in an Intensive** 

Érica Freire de Vasconcelos-Pereira, Mônica Cristina Toffoli-Kadri, Leandro dos Santos Maciel Cardinal and Vanessa Terezinha Gubert de Matos

Elsa Morgado and Pedro Leão Neves

**Cilnidipine as a New Type of Antihypertensive Drug 29** 

**and Consequence – Therapeutic Considerations 45** 

Cristiana Catena, GianLuca Colussi and Leonardo A. Sechi

**Antihypertensive Drugs with Citrus Juices 95** 

**Medicines in Primary Health Care Settings 131** 

Robert Vander Stichele and Luc Van Bortel

Marc Twagirumukiza, Jan De Maeseneer, Thierry Christiaens,

**Care Unit: Population Under Antihypertensive Use 121** 
