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Ways to Lower High Blood Pressure Without Relying on Drugs
- Posted on Nov 23, 2024
If you have hypertension — high blood pressure — you may think that the only way to control it is to take a drug. But did you know that many classes of hypertension drugs have serious side effects? For instance, beta blockers – such as Lopressor and Toprol-XL (metoprolol), Tenormin (atenolol) and Bystolic (nebivolol) — can slow the ... Read More
Everything You Need to Know About ACE Inhibitors
- Posted on Aug 3, 2020
Editor’s note (08/06/20): Because COVID-19 is thought to attach itself to ACE-2 enzymes as a way to gain entry to the human body, some people believe that taking ACE inhibitors may increase one’s chances of contracting the virus. This isn’t proven. One in two Americans has hypertension, aka high blood pressure, and about 87 million of them ... Read More
Lotensin May Increase Risk of Low White Blood Cell Count
- Posted on Jun 30, 2016
A common drug used to treat high blood pressure may elevate the risk in some patients of a condition in which a person’s white blood cell count is severely diminished, leaving them more susceptible to infection. A recent case study discussed in the American Journal of Case Reports described a 61-year-old man who went to the emergency ... Read More