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2. Antihypertensive - Wikipedia

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   Chlorthalidone is the thiazide drug that is most strongly supported by the evidence as providing a mortality benefit; in the ALLHAT study, a chlorthalidone dose of 12.5 mg was used, with titration up to 25 mg for those subjects who did not achieve blood pressure control at 12.5 mg. Chlorthalidone has repeatedly been found to have a stronger ...

3. List of medicine contamination incidents - Wikipedia

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   2012 – 2018: From 2012 to 2018 massive amounts of generic versions of an entire class of angiotensin II inhibitor blood pressure medications (collectively called "sartans") were made with contaminated ingredients. Patients receiving these drugs were exposed to genotoxic and carcinogenic N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and N-nitrosodiethylamine ...

4. Management of hypertension - Wikipedia

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   For most people, recommendations are to reduce blood pressure to less than or equal to somewhere between 140/90 mmHg and 160/100 mmHg. [2] In general, for people with elevated blood pressure, attempting to achieve lower levels of blood pressure than the recommended 140/90 mmHg will create more harm than benefits, [3] in particular for older people. [4]

5. What people should do about high blood pressure ... - AOL

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   There are many types of medications approved to treat high blood pressure. They include diuretics that help the body to get rid of excess sodium and water, beta-blockers that reduce the heart rate ...

6. Hypertension - Wikipedia

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   [18] [19] [20] High blood pressure affects 33% of the population globally. [9] About half of all people with high blood pressure do not know that they have it. [9] In 2019, high blood pressure was believed to have been a factor in 19% of all deaths (10.4 million globally). [9] Video summary

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   Most are reserved for people with a body mass index (BMI) of at least 30 (which is considered obesity) or at least 27 with weight-related health concerns like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure ...

8. Complications of hypertension - Wikipedia

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   The high blood pressure is gradual at early stages and may take at least 10–15 years to fully develop. Besides diabetes, other factors that may also increase high blood pressure include obesity, insulin resistance and high cholesterol levels. In general, fewer than 25 percent of diabetics have good control of their blood pressure. The ...

9. The Best Time of Day To Take Your Blood Pressure Meds To ...

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   A 2024 study linked getting too few hours of shut-eye with high blood pressure. However, some blood pressure medications have a side effect of making you feel sleepy during the day, regardless of ...