Allergy Meds Safe For Heart Patients
Natrecor, a widely used heart-failure medication, is safe, a new study has found. Critics say Natrecor does little for patients and, in fact, may raise their risk of kidney failure and death. But a new study showed no such trend during the week after the medication was given to patients hospitalized for the kind of heart failure the med was designed to treat.
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