debate about when to start drugs in patients with MILD hypertension

October 2012

You'll hear debate about when to start drugs in patients with MILD hypertension...systolic BP 140 to 159 mmHg or diastolic 90 to 99 mmHg.

The latest analysis questions whether BP drugs benefit stage 1 or mild hypertension.

It suggests that only one CV event is prevented for every 128 patients with mild hypertension treated for 5 years.

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Hypertension debate about when to start drugs in patients with MILD hypertension
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