increased use of spironolactone for heart failure is causing more hospitalizations and deaths
September 2004
The increased use of spironolactone for heart failure is causing more hospitalizations and deaths.
The problem started a few years ago when a large well-respected study showed that spironolactone improved survival in patients with severe heart failure.
This was the Randomized Aldactone Evaluation Study (RALES).
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