News tagged with hypertension drug
Chemists unlock potential target for drug development
A receptor found on blood platelets whose importance as a potential pharmaceutical target has long been questioned may in fact be fruitful in drug testing, according to new research from Michigan State University ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Using a generic blood pressure and heart drug could save the UK $324 million in 2011
Using a generic drug to treat hypertension and heart failure, instead of branded medicines from the same class, could save the UK National Health Service (NHS) at least £200 million in 2011 without any real reduction ...
Feb 03, 2011 |
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Citing liver damage, Pfizer withdraws Thelin
(AP) -- Pfizer Inc. said Friday it is pulling its blood pressure drug Thelin off the market and stopping all clinical trials because the drug can cause fatal liver damage.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 10, 2010 |
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Hope for treatment of cocaine addiction
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two separate discoveries by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) offer potential for development of a first-ever pharmacological treatment for cocaine addiction.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 17, 2010 |
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Picking right blood pressure medicine challenging
(AP) -- It's hard to predict which pills will best lower which patient's high blood pressure, but researchers are hunting ways to better personalize therapy - perhaps even using a blood test.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 06, 2010 |
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Gene therapy may be effective in treating PAH
Gene therapy has been shown to have positive effects in rat models of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), according to researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 19, 2010 |
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Monitoring and control can limit side effects of promising cancer drugs
A new class of cancer drugs can be used effectively while minimizing hypertensive side effects if patients' blood pressure is closely monitored and controlled, a clinical panel has determined.
May 11, 2010 |
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FDA liver risk warning for Bristol-Myers HIV drug
(AP) -- Federal health officials say patients taking a Bristol-Myers Squibb drug for HIV have reported a rare, but potentially fatal liver disorder.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 01, 2010 |
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Hypertension: Beta-blockers effective in combination therapies
Using beta-blockers as a second-line therapy in combination with certain anti-hypertensive drugs significantly lowers blood pressure in patients with hypertension, according to a systematic review by Cochrane Researchers. ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 19, 2010 |
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Researchers revisit pulmonary arterial hypertension survival
Setting out to determine the survival of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), researchers at the University of Chicago Medical Center and their colleagues also discovered that an equation used for more than ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 05, 2010 |
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High-blood-pressure treatment for the over-80s too aggressive, warns expert
People over 80 years are being treated too aggressively for high blood pressure, warns an expert in an editorial in BMJ Clinical Evidence this week.
Dec 23, 2009 |
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Researchers reverse pulmonary arterial hypertension in mouse models
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have identified a key protein that promotes the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension in humans and mice. This groundbreaking discovery has implications for ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 25, 2009 |
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Study finds higher drug co-pays discourage patients from starting treatment
Patients newly diagnosed with hypertension, diabetes or high cholesterol are significantly more likely to delay initiating recommended drug treatment if they face higher co-payments for medications, according to a new RAND ...
Apr 28, 2009 |
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'Antedrugs': A safer approach to drug therapy
Corticosteroids are powerful drugs used to treat inflammatory conditions such as asthma and other chronic diseases which has made them among the most widely prescribed drugs. Although the anti-inflammatory drugs offer swift ...
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Former inmates have increased risk of high blood pressure
Young adults who have been incarcerated appear more likely to have high blood pressure and left ventricular hypertrophy, an enlarging of the heart muscle that is a common consequence of hypertension, according to a report ...
Apr 13, 2009 |
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