Some previous studies have suggested that the over-80s may be harmed by the hypertension medication, but the Daily Mail reported that a major study by Imperial College London found the opposite.
The study looked at 3,845 patients from 13 countries with an average age of 83 and had high blood pressure and the use of one particular type of diuretic blood pressure medication. Within a year of treatment, there was a 21% reduction in death rates and 64% drop in heart failure, 39% drop in stroke deaths and 34% reduction in cardiovascular events.
Source:"Treatment of Hypertension in Patients 80 Years of Age or Older" New England J of Medicine. March 31, 2008 (10.1056/NEJMoa0801369)
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