No burial insurance company cares about drugs like lisinopril, metoprolol, or
any other hypertension drug you may be on because of your scleroderma.
Not exact matches
Potential subjects were accepted into the study if they had none of the following conditions: severe or symptomatic cardiac disease or
hypertension; history of bleeding disorders; chronic history of gastric, intestinal, liver, pancreatic, or renal disease; any portion of the stomach or the intestine removed (
other than an appendectomy); history of intestinal obstruction, malabsorption, or use of antacid
drugs; cancer (active or use of medications for a history of cancer treatment within the past 5 y); history of chronic alcoholism; a convulsive disorder; or abnormal results in screening blood or urine samples.
The beneficiaries received
drugs for diabetes,
hypertension, cataract and
other medical conditions associated with old age.
Researchers analyzed wastewater in Athens between 2010 and 2014 and found alarming jumps in levels of ulcer and
hypertension medications, along with antipsychotics, antidepressants, and
other psychoactive
drugs.
Hydrochlorothiazide is a frequently used
drug to treat
hypertension, which is typically used in combination with
other antihypertensive medicines.
Metoprolol, a
drug of the beta - blocker family, has been available for more than 30 years to treat arterial
hypertension and
other cardiovascular conditions.
For instance, pharmaceutical companies will most likely continue to generate more lucrative cures for
hypertension and high cholesterol, even though existing
drugs work well, and ignore
other disorders that lack effective
drugs.
Just as we can now effectively treat HIV - infected patients with a cocktail of antiretroviral
drugs — and we treat people with
hypertension using diuretics, beta blockers and
other drugs — we expect to treat patients with complex neurological conditions with
drug combinations that target both the worst symptoms and the root causes of the diseases.
Although dietary changes, cholesterol - lowering statins, and
hypertension drugs such as beta - blockers are far from a surefire way to prevent Alzheimer's, these and
other treatments that promote healthy blood vessels may be a practical way for people to reduce their risk, the researchers say.
Drugs that can cause
hypertension include acetaminophen, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs), antidepressants, corticosteroids, birth control pills and
other hormones, migraine medications, nasal decongestants, and over-the-counter cough and cold medicines.
Additionally,
drugs like birth control pills,
hypertension medicine, diuretics, insulin, and certain antibiotics (among
others) deplete magnesium levels.
Many commonly prescribed pharmaceutical
drugs cause the body to lose magnesium via the urine, such as diuretics for
hypertension; birth control pills; insulin; digitalis; tetracycline and some
other antibiotics; and corticosteroids and bronchodilators for asthma.
If
hypertension is diagnosed along with hyperthyroidism,
drugs may be needed to control the blood pressure and reduce the risk of damaging
other organs.
All three
drugs have been linked to birth defects when taken during pregnancy, including congenital heart defects, persistent pulmonary
hypertension of the newborn (PPHN), hypoplastic left heart syndrome, craniosynostosis, club foot, cleft lip and cleft palate, atrial septal defects, anal atresia, and
others.
Earlier results had also found that diuretics were as good or better than
other blood pressure - lowering
drugs for treating
hypertension in patients with metabolic syndrome (a collection of factors that put people at risk of heart disease), especially black patients.