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Side Effects of Rasilez (aliskiren)

Aliskiren belongs to a group of medications known as direct renin inhibitors. These medications reduce blood pressure by blocking the actions of a chemical (renin) that causes blood vessels to constrict or tighten.

Aliskiren is used treat mild-to-moderate high blood pressure.

The following side effects have been reported by at [...]

Link Between Food Salt Intake and Hypertension

A review article by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) debunks the widely-believed concept that hypertension, or high blood pressure, is the result of excess salt causing an increased blood volume, exerting extra pressure on the… [...]

Correct CPR Skill Saves More Lives

A new statement published by the American Heart Association (AHA) in their journal Circulation on Monday suggests that more people survive sudden cardiac arrest when 9-1-1 dispatchers coach bystanders to assess victims and then begin CPR straight awa… [...]

Risk of using Rasilez with certain blood pressure-lowering drugs

Researchers have published the first detailed figures showing the risk of using the prescription drug Rasilez in combination with certain other blood pressure-lowering medications. [...]