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Causes Of Hypertension
Health Encyclopedia: Drug Induced Hypertension
Hypertension (high blood pressure) can be caused by using a chemical substance, drug, or medication. It can also be caused by stopping a drug or medication. See also
Alternative Names
Hypertension - medication related
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Blood pressure is determined by the amount of blood that is pumped by the heart, the pumping power of the heart, the condition of the heart valves, and the size and cond...
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Expert & Community Posts
I’ve been told that I have white coat or office high blood pressure, is there anything I should do?
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...question. This diagnosis of “office-related” high blood pressure is usually suggested when... Read more »
Portal Hypertension: Learn Causes, Symptoms, and How to Prevent
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health ExpertHypertension or high blood pressure is a highly life-threatening disease that affects thousands of... Read more »
High Blood Pressure and the Metabolic Syndrome
By Dr. Charles Whitcomb , Health Expert...different definitions. All of them, however, include high blood pressure as a major criteria... Read more »
High Blood Pressure and Anxiety
By Eileen Bailey , Health ExpertAnxiety does not cause chronic high blood pressure (hypertension). Anxiety can, however, cause... Read more »
Common Hypertension Complications
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert...75% of strokes and heart attacks can be linked to high blood pressure. However, in African... Read more »
Health Guide
Renovascular hypertension
Renovascular hypertension (high blood pressure) is caused by narrowing of the arteries that carry blood to the kidneys. Alternative Names Renal hypertension;... Read more »Primary pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension is abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. "Primary" means that there are no other diseases of the heart or lungs causing the high blood... Read more »Have you or a loved one just been diagnosed with high blood pressure?
If you have high blood pressure, also called hypertension, it means that you have elevated levels of pressure of blood in your arteries. Prolonged periods of high blood pressure can cause serious... Read more »Renal artery stenosis
...arterial obstruction or traumatic injury to the kidney. Renal artery stenosis often causes hypertension (high blood pressure) with no other signs of its presence, and it is usually discovered in... Read more »Drug-induced hypertension
...Stroke Loss of vision Calling your health care provider If you have high blood pressure, you will have regularly scheduled appointments with your doctor. In... Read more »Images
Medications
...ORALPronounced: (low-SAR-tan)Uses This drug is used to treat high blood pressure ... Read more »
...is used alone or with other medications to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) and to... Read more »
...medications called ACE inhibitors. It is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension).... Read more »
...medications called ACE inhibitors. It is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) in... Read more »
...medications called ACE inhibitors. It is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). It... Read more »
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Inexpensive Hypertension Drug Could Treat MS
September 10, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Turning serendipity into science, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found that a safe, inexpensive... Read summary »
Hypertension Hurts Kids, Too!
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