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30 Million More North Americans suddenly have high blood pressure?

Some widely used blood pressure drugs may be associated with an increased risk of cancer, researchers found in a new study.

In a meta-analysis of nine published studies the blood pressure drugs called angiotensin-receptor blockers were associated with a statistically significant 8 percent increase in the relative risk of a new cancer, according to Dr. Ilke Sipahi and colleagues at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio.

The findings are “disturbing and provocative” and raise important safety issues both for doctors and regulators. Doctors should use the drugs with caution.

 New Blood Pressure guidelines pay off for drug companies

In 2005, Dr. Saunders, chief of the division of medicine at Seattle’s Northwest Hospital & Medical Center said:  “I am concerned that these studies that are telling people that it’s best to get down to 120 over 80 are all paid for by drug companies who are trying to sell pills. It makes me uncomfortable. I think the days of getting unbiased information are gone.

Goldstein Research analyst forecast the Hypertension Drugs Market size is set to reach USD 33.1 billion by 2024. Lowering the “normal” range will help keep them well on target.
*Political Lobbying

CNN reported that individual pharmaceuticals and health products sector spent $194.3 million on lobbying politicians in 2018. An additional  $27.5 million was spent by  lobbying group Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America (PhRMA).  While companies continue to log record profits and executives take home massive salaries and bonuses, the American people bear the cost.

Hopefully the list of side effects , plus increased risk of cancer will encourage you to make choices that are both safer and more effective to not only decrease blood pressure, but to increase overall vitality naturally!

 
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