Blood pressure medications work in different ways to bring blood pressure to within an optimal range. Read on for more.

Diuretics reduce the risk of death, delay heart deterioration and improve exercise capacity in patients with congestive heart failure, a new review of studies shows. Although widely used for quick ...

Panelists discuss how diuretics serve as necessary “bailout therapy” for volume management in heart failure but should not substitute for guideline-directed medical therapy, with emerging evidence ...

Diuretic use following kidney transplant significantly increases the risk of patients developing diabetes, potentially leading to serious complications including graft loss, one of the first studies ...

Alpha-blockers and Alpha-2 agonists are not recommended as first-choice treatment for high blood pressure. Beta-blockers can worsen asthma symptoms and other lung conditions. Vasodilators and loop ...