Several doctors charge that medicine is overtreating supposedly "high" blood pressure and cholesterol levels among patients. ...
I take a prescription drug, an angiotensin receptor antagonist, called Aprovel (irbesartan) following a myocardial infarction seven years ago. Although Aprovel should only be used for high blood pressure,
Thanks for the Special Report on antihypertensives (WDDTY vol 14 no 8). Exactly what I needed. I wish this information were in every doctor’s surgery and on his computer screen. Why do they persist in pushing these new pills
A number of classes of drugs can cause cerebral hemorrhage or infarction. These include: ... ...
Cases of chemicals and drugs causing temporary or permanent insulin dependent diabetes are well documented in the medical literature. These and others suspected of causing diabetes include: ... ...
When a single drug doesn’t sort out a health issue, doctors tend to throw two at the problem. So medicine came up with the idea of hypertensive drug ‘teams’. A firm favourite is a thiazide diuretic (the oldest mainstay of hypertension treatment)...
A recent analysis of 37,151 patients receiving atenolol (a long-acting beta-blocker) or metoprolol (a short-acting beta-blocker) in patients aged over 65 undergoing elective surgery found that those given long-acting atenolol had a far lower cardiac...
