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Do Not Use Azilsartan (EDARBI) for High Blood Pressure
July 2012
Find out why we recommend that you do not use the recently approved high blood pressure drug azilsartan.
Dangers of Taking Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Together
September 2011
Find out how using a combination of two drugs, one from each of these two families, can increase the risks of kidney toxicity and dangerously higher blood levels of potassium compared to use of one of these two families of drugs alone. The article lists 10 different drugs in the first class and seven in the second class. Worse yet, most of the patients in the study were prescribed the combination to treat conditions for which the combination has not proven to be beneficial.
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Can Make Blood Pressure Hard to Control
February 2009
Twenty different NSAIDS (nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs) are listed in this article that can adversely affect your blood pressure control. The article discusses the way in which this happens and what you can do about it.
Don't Get Sold By Drug Ads on TV, Says Study
May 2007
Not only does this study find that consumer drug ads are not educational, it also says that the ads may oversell the benefits of the drugs and could put the public health in danger. For example, of the 24 drugs included in this advertising study, seven are listed as Do Not Use in Worst Pills, Best Pills publications. You should not rely on direct-to-consumer television advertisements as a source of drug information.