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Ask the Expert: Should I be on the Newest High Blood Pressure Medication?
My doctor didn't give me one of the new drugs that are good for my blood pressure. Is this because she is not up to date?
Recently the New York Times ran an editorial and several pieces on the "Op Ed" page about lecturers having conflicts of interest when giving such lectures. I am currently on a plane preparing to give grand rounds to doctors at a community hospital on the subject of hypertension control. At this particular hospital, and others at which I have lectured, they were quite ...
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The Causes of High Blood Pressure
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health Expert...would like to review some of the primary causes of High Blood Pressure. In most cases, there is... Read more »
High Blood Pressure Drugs: Top 3 Effective Treatments
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health ExpertMany people suffer with high blood pressure in America despite the efforts of the American Heart... Read more »
Treating the Heart, and Perhaps the Head
By David Roeltgen, MD , Health Expert...prevent Alzheimer's disease, it is still an effective high blood pressure medication and has its... Read more »
High Blood Pressure Risk Factors: 5 Factors That You Can Control
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Health Guide
Drug-induced hypertension
...the cough/cold medicine is taken with certain antidepressants like tranylcypromine or tricyclics High blood pressure medications (such as clonidine) when a person stops taking them --... Read more »High Blood Pressure Medicine and ED
QuestionI've got high blood pressure. Most of the medication that my doctor has prescribed keeps me from having proper erections. Right now, I've been on Ismelin (guanethidine) for a long time. Are... Read more »IgA nephropathy (Bergers disease)
...of treatment is to relieve symptoms and prevent or delay chronic renal failure Antihypertensive (high blood pressure) medications and diuretics may be given to control high blood pressure and... Read more »High Blood Pressure: Medications
...categories:Diuretics rid the body of extra water and salt. Diuretics are usually the first-line treatment for high blood pressure.Beta-blockers block the effects of adrenaline and ease the heart's... Read more »Drug-induced hypertension
...rest. A consistent rate of more than 140 mm Hg systolic and more than 90 mm Hg diastolic is considered high blood pressure. Tests to determine the cause of the problem may include blood tests to... Read more »Images
Medications
...ORALPronounced: (low-SAR-tan)Uses This drug is used to treat high blood pressure ... 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) in... 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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