Prescribing trends and time series analysis of blood pressure-lowering drugs among patients with dementia: a multinational database study
database[Title] 2025-11-22
Summary:
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is common among people living with dementia and blood pressure-lowering drug (BPLD) treatment in dementia patients may vary widely between individuals and countries/regions. This study aimed to describe and evaluate how prescribing trends of BPLD change before and after incident dementia diagnosis using electronic health record databases across four countries/regions.