RT Journal
A1 Rosansky S
T1 IS hypertension overtreatment a silent epidemic?
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2012
FD December 10
VO 172
IS 22
SP 1769
OP 1770
DO 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.96
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.96
AB 
I commend Kerr et al1 for their examination of overtreatment of hypertension. This issue has been given minimal attention despite potentially harmful consequences. There are a large number of publications on hypertension treatment, yet, using an Internet search, I found only 11 publications that mention the issue of hypertension overtreatment. The only publication that specifically looked at overtreatment was by Scheltens et al,2 where 41.9% of the treated patients had blood pressures (BPs) below levels recommended by Dutch guidelines.