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Calcium Antagonists and ACE Inhibitors: Blood Pressure-lowering Drug Combo That Also Reduced Diabetes Risk in Hispanics
Filed in archive Studies , Treatment by Gloria Gamat on June 1, 2006
Calcium Antagonists and ACE Inhibitors: Blood Pressure-lowering Drug Combo That Also Reduced Diabetes Risk in Hispanics
According to researchers at the University of Florida, beta-blockers and diuretics (drug combination traditionally used to control blood pressure) may not be ideal for hispanic patients with hypertension.

Hispanic hypertension patients seem to benefit more from a tailor-made strategy that includes medications - specifically calcium antagonists and angiotensin-converting (ACE inhibitors), for example: trandolapril and verapamil. With this medication, not only is blood pressure in Hispanic patients effectively lowered but also dramatically reduced the patients' risk of diabetes.

These findings have been reported by UFL researchers in this month's issue of the American Heart Journal.

Read more at UFL News.

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