‘Customizing’ Blood Pressure Meds Helps Limit Side Effects

Tailoring antihypertensive drugs to account for factors such as age and possible drug interactions can prevent problems.

Medications that lower high blood pressure (hypertension) are essential in the battle to prevent heart attack and brain-damaging stroke. But finding the right antihypertensive drug for an individual patient from among the many available medications is not necessarily a straightforward process. Many factors must be considered in selecting a patient’s medication, and treatment often requires […]


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