Author/Authors :
Khan, Habib-ullah Gomal Medical College - Department of Medicine, Pakistan , Mahsud, Ihsan-ullah Gomal Medical College - Department of Medicine, Pakistan , Mahsud, Hidayat-ullah Gomal Medical College - Department of Ophthalmology, Pakistan , Ali, Shaukat Gomal Medical College - Department of Physiology, Pakistan
Abstract :
A Forty-eight years gentleman, well known so- cial figure and the brother of our young colleague, presented with a history of hypertension for the last 17 years. During this protracted period he had been using various medications to combat hypertension. The spectrum stretched from diuretics to â-blockers, calcium channel blockers and ACE-inhibitors. His blood pressure (BP) had displayed a variable re- sponse to this wide range of drugs. The response had also been subject to fluctuations even to the individual drugs. According to the patient some-
