Diuretics are cheap and the benefits outweigh the risks

A study claims that the diuretics used to lower blood pressure reduce the long-term risk of death due to heart attack or stroke by 15% compared to placebo. Diuretics function by removing body fluid but it has come to notice that it increases the risk of diabetes and hence the resulting risk of heart attack and stroke. Thus, some doctors believed that the risks outweighed the benefits. Diuretics have been used to treat blood pressure for a very long time and are very inexpensive.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by The Australian

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• Heart attack
• Stroke
• High blood pressure
• Hypertension
• Diabetes

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About: Diuretics are cheap and the benefits outweigh the risks

Date: 8 January 2005

Source: The Australian

Author: Linda Johnson

URL: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11855422%5E421,00.html

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• Research
• Research and heart attack
• Research and stroke
• Research and high blood pressure
• Research and hypertension
• Research and diabetes
• Death from heart attack
• Death from stroke
• Death from high blood pressure
• Risk and heart attack
• Risk and stroke
• Risk and high blood pressure
• Medication
• Medication and heart attack
• Medication and stroke
• Medication and high blood pressure
• Medication and hypertension
• Cause of heart attack
• Cause of stroke
• Side effect
• Side effect and heart attack
• Side effect and stroke

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