Common hypertension drugs can raise blood pressure in certain patients
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 22:21
in Health & Medicine
Commonly prescribed drugs used to lower blood pressure can actually have the opposite effect -- raising blood pressure in a statistically significant percentage of patients. A new study suggests that doctors could avoid this problem -- and select drugs most suitable for their patients -- by measuring blood levels of the enzyme renin through a blood test that is becoming more widely available.