Common Hypertension Drugs Can Raise Blood Pressure in Certain Patients

(PhysOrg.com) -- 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 by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University 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. The study appears in the August online edition of the American Journal of Hypertension.

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