Study Finds Water Pills Just as Effective as Costly BP Drugs
Expensive brand-name medications to lower blood pressure are no better at preventing cardiovascular disease than older, generic diuretics, a new study has indicated.
Paul Whelton is president and CEO of Loyola University Health System and chairman of the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heat Attack Trial (ALLHAT), which has examined the comparative value of different blood pressure-lowering medications.
More than 33,000 patients …
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