Efficacy of Blood Pressure Drug Questioned
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A leading drug used by millions of people to lower blood pressure does not prevent deaths from heart attacks or other cardiovascular problems as well as other treatments, researchers said on Friday.
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[Health India]: Washington, Oct 17 : A study published in the October 12 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology, has revealed that certain blood pressure drugs may slow the deterioration of Alzheimer&#39;s disease.
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Pfizer plans to ask or approval of torcetrapib, a heart drug crucial to the companyÂs future, despite evidence that the drug increases blood pressure.
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Cholesterol-lowering 'statin' drugs -- such as Lipitor or Zocor, for example -- also lower blood pressure to a modest extent, according to a report at the American Heart Association annual meeting.
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A study of recommended blood pressure drugs has produced a result even the researchers find hard to explain: Adding a calcium channel blocker to a diuretic was associated
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By EMMA ROSS    MUNICH, Germany  -- Scientists have unraveled one of the mysteries of precisely how a popular type of blood pressure pill protects against heart attacks, showing it not only lowers blood pressure but also directly improves the health of the artery walls.    Doctors had suspected that blood pressure reduction alone could not explain the whole benefit of the pills, called angiotensin converting enzyme, or ACE, inhibitors, because studies have shown they prevented heart attacks and deaths even in patients with normal blood pressure or those whose high blood pressure did not budge...
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Some high blood pressure in persons over the age of 60 should be treated more aggressively, according to a study published on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - In African-Americans with poorly controlled high blood pressure (hypertension) and high cholesterol, treatment with a single pill containing a blood pressure-lowering drug and a cholesterol-lowering drug may prove particularly useful, researchers say.
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A clinical trial of Zetia, a widely used cholesterol drug, has raised questions about its effectiveness and the behavior of pharmaceutical companies that conducted the study.
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Forest Laboratories Inc. (FRX) on Tuesday said its experimental hypertension drug failed to meet all its goals in an effectiveness study, an outcome that will delay development and may lead to a new trial.
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A disappointing study of the heart drug Vytorin has led some doctors to reconsider what makes statin drugs so effective at fighting heart disease.
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Scientists have unraveled one of the mysteries of precisely how a popular type of blood-pressure pill protects against heart attacks, showing it not only lowers blood pressure
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with an ACE  inhibitor, a type of blood pressure drug that includes Zestril  and Accupril among others, appears to reduce the risk of  pneumonia in patients who've suffered a stroke, new research  suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Men who take multiple blood  pressure medications can also take Viagra without risking  additional problems, according to a new study.
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with a beta-blocker  drug -- usually for high blood pressure or heart failure --  significantly reduces the risk of bone fractures, according to  findings from a large population-based study. The effect was  seen whether or not the beta-blocker was taken with a diuretic  "water pill."
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NEW YORK  - In adults at risk of developing   high blood pressure, or hypertension, a series of shorter   bursts of activity may be more effective in keeping blood   pressure in check than a single long exercise session,   according to a study.
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Patients given a mix of modern blood   pressure drugs are one-third less likely to develop diabetes   than those on older pills, researchers said on Wednesday.