Medical Update - Drugs for high blood pressure - is new necessarily better?
A survey reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine last April showed a significant decline in the use of diuretics and beta blockers to treat hypertension. Instead, the newer, more expensive calcium channel blockers and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are the favored medications. Although the older drugs produce more side effects, the evidence for their life-prolonging benefits is far more substantial.
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At its last meeting, the Joint National Committee (JNC) on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure recommended that diuretics and beta blockers …
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