Common blood pressure drugs should not be combined, doctors urge
Friday, January 16, 2009 - 11:07
in Health & Medicine
Thousands of Canadians with high blood pressure are taking a combination of drugs that increases their risk of sudden cardiac death, kidney disease and other complications, the Heart and Stroke Foundation warned Friday.
Read the whole article on CBC: Health
More from CBC: Health
Related
- Blood pressure drug combination reduces heart attack deathsTue, 16 Sep 2008, 13:45:51 EDT
- Simple drug combination reduces risk by one-fifth -- even in patients with normal blood pressureWed, 18 Feb 2009, 18:15:53 EST
- Blood-pressure-lowering drugs should not be limited to people with high blood pressureWed, 20 May 2009, 11:39:32 EDT
- Researchers uncover genetic clues to blood pressureSun, 10 May 2009, 13:50:09 EDT
- Is it really only our kidneys that control blood pressure?Fri, 13 Mar 2009, 11:03:55 EDT