Blood-pressure-lowering drugs should not be limited to people with high blood pressure

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 10:36 in Health & Medicine

Blood pressure lowering drugs should be offered to anyone old enough to be at risk of a heart attack or stroke (or who is otherwise known to be at risk), regardless of their blood pressure, according to the largest analysis of blood pressure trials to date, published on bmj.com today...

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