Spironolactone will be used more for hypertension

January 2004

Spironolactone will be used more for hypertension.

It's already commonly used for heart failure...but experts now realize it can also be effective for resistant hypertension.

About 10% of hypertension patients are considered resistant...because they require more than 3 drugs to control blood pressure.

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