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February 05, 2014

Blood pressure drug combination increases health risk, Health Canada warns

Quoted from http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/blood-pressure-drug-combination-increases-health-risk-health-canada-warns-1.2523251

Blood pressure drug combination increases health risk, Health Canada warns

Warning for aliskiren, ACE inhibitors and ARBs

CBC News Posted: Feb 04, 2014

Combining certain types of blood pressure medications can be risky, Health Canada is warning doctors and patients.

The regulator said Tuesday that recent studies show any combination of aliskiren, a renin inhibitor, and two other classes of drugs, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB), can be risky.

"Recent studies have demonstrated that any combination of aliskiren, ACEIs or ARBs increases the risks of hypotension (low blood pressure), hyperkalemia (high levels of potassium in the blood) and kidney problems," Health Canada said in a notice to health professionals and patients.

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