[Due to the a large number of antihypertensive drugs on the Hungarian market, in the light of the constantly updated recommendations for therapy, seemed to be worth to consider the traffic data provided by the National Health Insurance. We analysed the turnover of the centrally-acting and direct vasodilator antihypertensive, using the data of The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) between 2007 and 2014. Every year the December data were comparesed, the turnover of the month did not substantially different from other month, an average of 5-6 million boxes of cardiovascular products are prescribed. Over the past seven years it was fluctuating, but overall there was almost 19% increase in the turnover of centrally acting medicinal products. The prescription number of guanfacine decreased almost one-third, moxonidine orders fell 37%, while the turnover of rilmenidine doubled during that same period. A significant expansion of the centrally acting rilmenidine became clear in the domestic market. The minimal side effects, the favourable profile of applications, the number of international and domestic studies make it an excellent second-third additional agent. The use of vasodilators overall increased of a small degree (15%), mainly due to a 53% increase of doxazosin. Considering the domestic prescribing habits they follow very well the international and domestic recommendations. The observed differences in each group are the effects of the positive results of recent studies.]
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