Choosing the Right Blood Pressure Medication

Picking the right blood pressure monitor is hard, but QuickMedical makes it easy. Just give us a call and we can direct you to the one that fits your needs. A new story off the AP wire, however, reports 'It's hard to predict which pills will best lower which patient's high blood pressure,' once it's been diagnosed. Researchers are currently looking for ways to better personalize therapy, just as blood pressure monitors are personalized for your needs. Personalized blood pressure medication, based on blood tests might be the way of the future.

The work is controversial and it challenges the usual approach to treating the hypertension that plagues nearly one in three U.S. adults.

Three recent studies show some drug combinations work better for certain populations and that measuring blood levels of a hormone involved in hypertension might help optimize some people's care. However, taking the wrong drug will sometimes trigger a jump in blood pressure.

In a similar way to blood pressure monitors and cuffs, ''The idea that one size fits all doesn't make a lot of sense," says Dr. Michael Alderman of New York's Albert Einstein College of Medicine, who supports the blood test approach. What does the future hold for blood pressure treatment? Anything is possible. But be sure to come back here everyday, to learn the latest happenings in the health field.