Side Affects For Drugs For High Blood Pressure
Controlling High Blood Pressure Without Drugs
The usual way that people with diabetes control hypertension -- high blood pressure in normal English -- is with medication. These drugs include everything from diuretics and beta blockers to ACE inhibitors and ARBs and more. Unfortunately, like all drugs, they all have their unwanted side effects.
If we could control high blood pressure without drugs, we could do away with all those nasty side effects. Now, it seems that we can.
Not that I was quick on the draw to recognize that fact. The Israeli...
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