What Doctors Don't Tell YouAND YOU THOUGHT THE AMERICANS WERE HEADING FOR THE HEART ATTACK: Well
Q I regularly take aspirin but, recently, I’ve been prescribed an antihypertensive. Is there any interaction between these drugs? - CH, Swindon
A heart drug is being tested as a better way of stopping pre term labour. The drug, nifedipine, is looking promising, early trials have found, and can postpone delivery much more effectively than ...
Losartan is one of a new breed of antihypertensives known as angiotensin II antagonists and already, as a new kid on the block, it's causing concern among doctors. ...
Although beta blockers have been used for over 30 years to treat high blood pressure in elderly people, new analysis has discovered that the drugs are no more effective than a sugar pill. ...
Nifedipine is a heart drug, marketed as Adalat by Bayer in the UK (Miles in the US), and as Procardia and XL by Pfizer in the US. It is used to treat relatively mild heart conditions, such as hig ...
Pressure to remove calcium antagonists, given to treat hypertension (high blood pressure), from the market is likely to grow following new research suggesting they cause cancer. They have already ...
Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are a class of drugs commonly used to treat heart attack victims. As the name suggests, they work by blocking the action of angiotensin, the chemica ...
About a year ago, I was diagnosed with a heart condition called atrial fibrillation and prescribed 40 mg of verapamil three times a day. The heart specialist tried cardioversion (a short procedure
