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Cardiovascular-Disease Prevention in a Pill?
consisting of three blood pressure medications - amlodipine, losartan and hydrochlorothiazide - and simvastatin, a cholesterol-busting disease. The polypills contain standard doses of simvastatin and losartan and low doses of the other two medicines. "The reductions
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Blood Pressure Drug Olmesartan Linked to Celiac Disease Side Effects in a Handful of Patients22 patients taking the drug olmesartan , sold under the brand name Benicar , suffered symptoms similar to When patients stopped taking olmesartan , their symptoms improved dramatically. Olmesartan is an angiotensin II receptor
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Pharmacy Errors: Swallowing the Wrong Pill
remembering exactly which medication your doctor prescribed and later, whether the pharmacist got it right? Names like Darvan and Diovan can sound the same. But one is a pain reliever while another is used to treat high blood pressure. And when a pharmacy gives
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Profound Fatigue, Cold Sweats, Dizziness May Signal Heart Attacka heart attack but did not have blocked arteries. Doctors prescribed a daily aspirin, the powerful blood pressure drugs valsartan and metoprolol, and a low-salt diet. They told her that after some rest followed by cardiac rehabilitation, "I would
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Popular Blood Pressure Drugs Linked to CancerMicardis , and Atacand . A full pressure drug olmesartan ( Benicar ) had a higher placebo. Olmesartan was not studied medications. Angiotensin - receptor blockers are widely blockers - losartan ( Cozaar ), candesartan ( Atacand ), telmisartan ( Micardis ), and valsartan ( Diovan ). The absolute
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Surprise! Doctors Learn Some Drugs are StinkyMelbourne Fla., said she won't stop taking her smelly medication, but she wonders why it has to be so smelly. "I take Benicar for high blood pressure and it smells just like sour milk," Brabitz wrote in an e-mail to ABCNews.com. Ellie, from
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Some Blood Pressure Drugs May Stave Off Dementia
acts. Called angiotensin receptor blockers , these drugs drugs include candesartan ( Atacand ), irbesartan ( Avapro ), losartan ( Cozaar ) and valsartan ( Diovan ). In the study routine use of angiotensin receptor blockers to prevent Alzheimer's
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Blood Pressure Drugs Might Fight Diabetic Retinopathy
help prevent and treat a disorder that causes people with diabetes to lose their vision. The researchers tested candesartan ( Atacand ), a drug known as an angiotensin receptor blocker, on mice to see what would happen to 65 proteins in the retina
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Heart Failure Drug May Help More in Higher Doses
failure, high doses of the drug losartan , an angiotensin-receptor blocker take 50 or 150 milligrams a day of losartan ( Cozaar ). After a median follow-up Overall, the higher dose of losartan reduced the risk for death or admission
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Micardis Given Wider Approval
Oct. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Micardis ( telmisartan ) has received expanded approval Boehringer Ingelheim said Monday. Micardis belongs to its own class called combines the active ingredient in Micardis with the calcium channel blocker
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Drugs May Not Slow Kidney Damage in Diabetes
the trial, enalapril (Vasotec) and losartan (Hyzaar), are commonly prescribed substance -- or either enalapril or losartan . Each acts in a different way to counter and by 70 percent among those who took losartan , compared with people in the placebo
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Research Finds 'New Crop' of Breast Cancer Genes
containing the gene found that the blood pressure drug losartan ( Cozaar ) stopped that behavior and shrank the tumors by 30 the findings should lead to a more detailed study of losartan as a treatment for AGTR1-positive breast tumors
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All Blood Pressure Drugs Lower Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
question. Their conclusions: For heart attacks, all antihypertensive drugs work, with the exception of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), probably because there aren't enough studies to confirm their benefit. For stroke, all
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Do Blood Pressure Meds Prevent Alzheimer's?Angiotensin receptor blockers may reduce risk of dementia and Alzheimer's.
