New study unravels why common blood pressure medicine can fail
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 10:50
in Health & Medicine
Every year, more than 120 million prescriptions are written worldwide for thiazide drugs, a group of salt-lowering medicines used to treat high blood pressure. These drugs are often very effective. But in some patients, they don't work. The reasons for this have remained a mystery. Now, a new study has revealed a key mechanism for this failure.