How Dangerous Are Diuretics?
- Contributor(s):
- Freis, Edward D. Papademetriou, Vasilios Drugs
- Publication:
- Adis International Limited, 1985
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Hypertension Antihypertensive Agents Diuretics Thiazides Hypokalemia Arrhythmias, Cardiac
- Genre(s):
- Archival Materials Articles
- Abstract:
- Throughout the 1980s, Freis felt compelled to defend the use of diuretics for use as an antihypertensive agent. Some researchers believed that diuretic-induced hypokalemia might bring about fatal arrhythmias, others felt that long-term use encouraged high cholesterol, and thus posed a risk of coronary artery disease. In this article, Freis and Papademetriou concluded that the accumulated evidence does not support the conclusion that thiazide diuretics increased cardiovascular risk.. NOTE: Some of the text is slightly skewed in the scanned copy.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 6 pages
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101584929X111 (See in Profiles in Science)
- Profiles in Science ID:
- XFBBHK
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584929X111
- Archival Collection:
- The Edward D. Freis Papers (Profiles in Science)