What is High Blood Pressure

Hypertension or high blood pressure is a medical condition wherein the blood pressure is chronically elevated. While it is formally called arterial hypertension, the word "hyperten...

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Choose your Anti hypertensive carefully.
Though It was commonly prescribed by Physician thats no harm in reading more to it.
The current Clinical practice for treatment of Hypertensive is the Use of ARB/AceI as first liner, and not well controlled add on to another group.
Sadly to see many drs still not following this guideline or let the patient continue with the older medications.
I have read so much about the ARB medications such as the Diovan (I m currently taking it)
What attracts me is below1
1 Protect hearts from Enlargement
2 Cut down chances of New onset Diabetec
3 And Many more
Even the latest study showed it could reduce Stroke by 40% vs other group of medications.
MORE info go to
medicationtoyou.com
If you are taking anti hypertension ensure you are on ACEI or ARBS as the first liner for the protections ya
Posted on 05/02/09, 05:05 pm
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