Hypertension: Beta-blockers effective in combination therapies
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 10:28
in Health & Medicine
Using beta-blockers as a second-line therapy in combination with certain anti-hypertensive drugs significantly lowers blood pressure in patients with hypertension, according to a new review. This review also goes some way to explaining the differences in the way that patients respond to beta-blockers and other classes of blood pressure lowering drugs.