This article was previously published August 1, 2019, and has been updated with new information. According to statistics for 2019,1 14% of Americans aged 71 or older have some form of dementia. Alzheimer’s disease, which is the most severe and lethal form of dementia, affects an estimated 5.8 million Americans. Of those, 81% are over… Read More »
MONDAY, Sept. 7, 2020 — Blood pressure drugs don’t increase the risk of cancer, according to the largest study to examine the issue. A possible link between blood pressure drugs and cancer has been the subject of debate for decades, but evidence has been inconsistent and conflicting. For this study, researchers analyzed data from 31… Read More »
In the widget below, you will find an overview of the classes of blood pressure medication. You may want to discuss this approach with your doctor. When blood pressure meds are not working always took the BP meds in the morning a few hours after taking prednisone. Day Or Night—When Is The Best Time To… Read More »
The saga of potentially dangerous impurities in the U.S. drug supply continues. A suspected cancer-causing impurity that has been found in some blood pressure medicines has now shown up in Sanofi’s Zantac and some over-the-counter heartburn drugs. At this point, the FDA says that while N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) has been discovered in these ranitidine medicines like… Read More »