Wednesday, August 25, 2010

In Some Patients, Hypertension Meds Raise Blood Pressure

Popular prescription medications taken to control hypertension may actually boost blood pressure in a “statistically significant” percentage of patients, researchers report.

The warning stems from a new study appearing in the online edition of the American Journal of Hypertension. The research involved 945 New York City residents participating in a program designed to control high blood pressure in the workplace from 1981 to 1998.

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