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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cheap diuretics are the best first step in treating high blood pressure to prevent heart failure, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
Their study, published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, supports a 2002 U.S. government report recommending that patients with high blood pressure should start taking a diuretic first, and only add drugs such as ACE inhibitors or beta-blockers if their blood pressure needs to be lowered further.
Diuretics, or water pills, lower blood pressure by ridding the body of excess water, often making patients urinate more often. In 1982 they were prescribed in 56 percent of the cases of high blood pressure treated by drugs, but by 1992 they were prescribed in only 27 percent of the cases.
Use has been creeping back up since the 2002 report by the U.S. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Their study, published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, supports a 2002 U.S. government report recommending that patients with high blood pressure should start taking a diuretic first, and only add drugs such as ACE inhibitors or beta-blockers if their blood pressure needs to be lowered further.
Diuretics, or water pills, lower blood pressure by ridding the body of excess water, often making patients urinate more often. In 1982 they were prescribed in 56 percent of the cases of high blood pressure treated by drugs, but by 1992 they were prescribed in only 27 percent of the cases.
Use has been creeping back up since the 2002 report by the U.S. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Interesting article HERE thought I would share cause I have high blood pressure~
yes I am..and I hate having to go to the bathroom all the time all the time all the time..
I didn't hear a thing.