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More on blood pressure drugs...
http://www.drbriffa.com/2012/08/17/t...e-ineffective/ http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD0067...on-are-unclear "Treating mild high blood pressure with drugs found to be ineffective" Hmmm. Ya don't say? "We’ve long known that almost all benefit from treating severe hypertension comes with lowering BP [blood pressure] just a little. On the other hand, efforts to lower BP to ‘normal,’ typically requiring multiple drugs, are not only usually unsuccessful but produce more harm than good, since adverse effects of intensive treatment outweigh the minimal marginal benefit of a little more BP ‘control.’ Drug treatment of mild hypertension….may be of great value to drug makers, but it was almost predictable that it would provide little or no benefit for patients." "Results showed that in those treated with active medication (compared to placebo) we At no reduced risk of developing heart disease At no reduced risk of stroke At no reduced risk of ‘total cardiovascular events’ (essentially heart attacks and strokes combined) At no reduced risk of overall risk of death" -- Dogman "I have approximate answers and possible beliefs in different degrees of certainty about different things, but I'm not absolutely sure of anything" - Richard Feynman |
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