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Hypertension and you : Old Drugs, New Drugs, and the Right Drugs for Your High Blood Pressure. / Mann, Samuel J.
Many of the nearly 70 million Americans with hypertension (high blood pressure) would like to bring it under control through lifestyle changes such as losing weight, cutting back on salt, exercising, or reducing stress. But, like it or not, most will require medication to get their blood pressure where it needs to be. The good news is that we have many excellent blood pressure medications which, when prescribed wisely, can control hypertension in almost everyone. The bad news is that, despite good intentions, doctors are placing millions of people who have hypertension on medications, drug combinations, or doses that are wrong for them, with staggering consequences that include uncontrolled hypertension, higher risk for stroke and heart attack, avoidable side effects, and billions of wasted health care dollars.Here, Dr. Mann, a nationally recognized hypertension specialist, identifies the drugs most likely to have side effects, and those that can be used in their place. He...
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- ISBN: 9781442215191 (electronic bk)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
- Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.
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Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 729 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 2659 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). |
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Subject: | Nonfiction. Medical. |
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