Referring to an earlier thread about treatment of blood pressure, I
came across this from 'InfoBeat':
*** Study looks at high blood pressure
BOSTON (AP) - A new study suggests doctors should not be so quick to
blame the patient when attempts to lower blood pressure fail. The
study of Veterans Administration clinics found doctors often fail to
switch drugs or prescribe higher doses even when patients' blood
pressure is clearly too high. In these cases, the study found, poor
access to care or patients' unwillingness to take their medicine
cannot completely explain the failure to control blood pressure. The
doctors examined 800 men with high blood pressure treated at five VA
clinics in New England over a two-year period. About 40% of them had
blood pressure above 160 over 90, despite making an average of more
than six visits a year for hypertension. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2557825915-d2f
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Ahmad
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