Antihypertensive Drugs - Articles
Antihypertensive Drug Therapy, to Intensify or Not?
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Alan T.
... ntrolled, although the patients already on drug therapy prescribed by the doctors. In such case, doctors will intensify the drug therapy, by either increasing the dose of the drugs, or add on another drugs. Well, before intensifying the drug therapy, the doctors should have assessed the patients. The doctors should understand that the patients mi ...
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Drugs for Tourette Syndrome
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Docs Orders
Here is a list of drugs and medications that are commonly prescribed to treat Tourette Syndrome: Antihypertensive drugs Antipsychotic drugs Antithrombin Clonidine Haloperidol Neuroleptic drugs Pimozide Sedatives Stimulants Tetrabenazine Tranquillizers These are ...
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Systemic hypertension: The untold story !
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Dr. Sangareddi V.
Is it true , once a patient is labelled as a hypertensive he remains hypertensive life long ? Is it possible to withdraw antihypertensive drugs permanently ?Systemic hypertension is the most common clinical entity and it forms the bulk of the physician consultations world over.The anti hypert ...
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New Book: "The High Blood Pressure Hoax"
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Lewis P.
Author Sherry A. Rogers, M.D., said the major class of antihypertensive drugs make the sick get sicker quicker. Half of the patients on high blood pressure drugs still can't control it, while the drugs make them feel worse. Loweri ...
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Adding the relaxation response, ...
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Rev. Dr. Richard B.
... n has not been investigated. The present study enrolled more than 100 patients, aged 55 and older, whose systolic pressure remained elevated despite their taking two or more antihypertensive drugs. Participants were randomly assigned to two groups. The control group received weekly counseling sessions on cardiac risk factors, the impact of stress ...
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Atypical ?-Blocker May Improve E ...
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Dr. Rubens D.
... ing and anti-ischemic effects, further clinical trial data are necessary. Particularly, comparative trials on the efficacy of nebivolol versus other β-blockers and/or other antihypertensive drugs are awaited," Münzel and colleagues conclude.The lead author has received honoraria and research grants from Berlin Chemie and Forrest Hill.AbstractFull ...
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Exercise training in chronic kidney disease
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Dr. Donal O'Donoghue
... xercise is it safe for me to do Doc?“ is not the sort of question we find easy to answer and for instance some gyms actively discourage those with raised blood pressure or on antihypertensive drugs!! The advice to consult your physician that’s on the side of exercise bikes and other equipment might absolve the company of responsibility but will o ...
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More evidence that NSAIDs are ha ...
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Dr. Rubens D.
... one death was just nine, and the corresponding number for celecoxib (Celebrex, Pfizer) was 14 and diclofenac 11. "These numbers are very low," Gislason said, noting that for antihypertensive drugs, the number needed to treat for one year to save one life is in the range of 50 to 100. "Everyone agrees that it is worth treating hypertension. So the ...
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Is your Elderly Parent Taking Their Medication as Prescribed? Doubt It
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Bob DeMarco
... drugs, however, may be dangerous to their health. New research from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine has found that nearly 50 percent of patients taking antihypertensive drugs in three community health centers were unable to accurately name a single one of their medications listed in their medical chart. That number climbed to ...
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