A Study of Safety and Efficacy in MK-0954A Combination in Participants With Hypertension (MK-0954A-373 AM3)

Inclusion criteria: * Participant will have reached the legal age by the time of entrance into the run-in period. * Participant has no active medical problem, other than essential hypertension, which might of itself or by this treatment significantly affect the Participant's blood pressure. \- Participants diagnosed with mild to moderate essential hypertension or hypertension accompanying with established cardiovascular (CV) and renal diseases who are receiving antihypertensive regimen (exclude diuretic), yet not attaining to treatment goal\*. \* Note: For essential hypertension, the goal is to reduce the blood pressure to less than 140/90. For hypertension with established CV and renal diseases, the BP goal is \< 130/80. (According to 2007 European Society of Hypertension (ESH) - European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guideline) * Participant is either receiving antihypertensive therapy or no treatment. * Participants with stable diabetes mellitus may enter the study. Exclusion criteria: * Pregnant or lactating females. * Secondary hypertension of any etiology (such as unilateral or bilateral renal disease, renal artery stenosis, coarctation of the aorta, pheochromocytoma). * History of malignant hypertension. * Sitting systolic blood pressure \>210 mmHg at Visit 1 (Day 0). * Participants with unresolved cerebrovascular accident or transient ischemic attack in the acute stage at visit 1. * A clinically confirmed myocardial infarction within the recent 3 months. * Ang…