Hypertension drug dramatically reduces proteinuria in kidney disease patients

Medicine & Health / Medications

Feb 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Taking a much higher than recommended dose of the hypertension drug candesartan cilexetil effectively lowered the amount of protein excreted in the urine of patients with kidney disease, according to a study appearing in ...

Safe new therapy for genetic heart disease

Medicine & Health / Research

Dec 30, 2008 | not rated yet | 0

A new clinical trial suggests that long-term use of candesartan, a drug currently used to treat hypertension, may significantly reduce the symptoms of genetic heart disease. The related report by Penicka et al, "The effects ...