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Article: Drug saving.
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- Australasian Business Intelligence
- Article date:
- December 20, 2002
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Dec 19, 2002 (The West Australian - ABIX via COMTEX)
A new US study has found that diuretics are as effective as newer medications for the treatment of high blood pressure. The study has suggested that diuretics should be the drug of choice for doctors treating patients for hypertension. However, Australia's National Prescribing Service said that many doctors preferred to prescribe the newer drugs because diuretics as the cheaper option were ...