when blood pressure was not brought under control and pindolol was prescribed as the second-step treatment , the nicardipine group ( n = 52 ) displayed larger drops in sbp and dbp than the placebo group ( n = 40 ) ( 27 +/- 5 vs. 15 +/- 3 mm hg , p less than 0.01 , and 18 +/- 1 vs. 9 +/- 2 mm hg , p less than 0.001 , respectively ) .
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pindolol
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drops in sbp and dbp