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Article: Blood pressure study may change prescriptions | Heart disease top killer
- Article from:
- Daily Breeze
- Article date:
- January 6, 2003
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CopyrightCopyright 2003 Daily Breeze. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The results are in, now let's see how they are used.
The conclusions recently reached by an eight-year comparison of
various medications used to treat hypertension, or high blood
pressure, could have far-reaching impacts in saving money in the
health-care industry, if they are put into practice.
Researchers found that diuretics, the cheapest type of drug that
could be used to treat high blood pressure, are better able to
prevent cardiovascular disease than some of their more expensive,
more advanced pharmaceutical cousins.
The study was called ALLHAT _ Anti-hypertensive and Lipid-
Lowering to Prevent Heart Attack Trial, and was sponsored by the
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
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