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The ALLHAT (Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial) (2) concluded that thiazide-type diuretics are better than ACE inhibitors and calcium-channel blockers at preventing heart attacks in high-risk people.
Hyla Cass, M.D.: Is Your Medication Robbing You of Nutrients Part 2: Getting Specific M.D. Hyla Cass 2010
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Antihypertensive drugs, calcium-channel blockers and some anti-inflammatory drugs can cause painful ulcerations of the gums.
If Your Teeth Could Talk ... Melinda Beck 2011
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The ALLHAT (Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial) (2) concluded that thiazide-type diuretics are better than ACE inhibitors and calcium-channel blockers at preventing heart attacks in high-risk people.
Hyla Cass, M.D.: Is Your Medication Robbing You of Nutrients Part 2: Getting Specific M.D. Hyla Cass 2010
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In the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALL-HAT), a large study funded by the government that received no drug company support, LDL cholesterol came down with statins, but there was no reduction in mortality.
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The trial, an influential study sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute called the "Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial", found that diuretics were also a better first choice than several other classes of medication, including alpha-blockers and calcium channel blockers.
Older, cheaper drugs best first choice for high blood pressure in people with pre-diabetes 2008
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The trial, an influential study sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute called the "Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial", found that diuretics were also a better first choice than several other classes of medication, including alpha-blockers and calcium channel blockers.
Older, cheaper drugs best first choice for high blood pressure in people with pre-diabetes 2008
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Antihypertensive drug therapy has been shown to decrease nonfatal and fatal cardiovascular events in controlled clinical trials and meta-analyses.
Forbes.com: News Larry Husten 2011
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Antihypertensive drugs may offer protection against
WN.com - Articles related to Healthy Diet Could Slow Or Reverse Early Effects Of Alzheimer's Disease 2010
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More information: The study, "Pressor Responses to Antihypertensive Drug Types," appears in the August online edition of the American Journal of Hypertension.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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More information: The study, "Pressor Responses to Antihypertensive Drug Types," appears in the August online edition of the American Journal of Hypertension.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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