New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine is raising concerns about a commonly prescribed high blood pressure medication and its possible contribution to kidney damage.
The study found that long-term use of these drugs was associated with hardened kidney vessels in both lab mice and humans.
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Chronic high blood pressure affects over a billion people worldwide, and many take medications to help control the condition. But researchers are now looking at how safe these drugs are for long-term use to better understand any adverse health effects.
High blood pressure is often accompanied by thickening the arteries and small blood vessels in the kidney, leading to organ damage. Harmful changes in renin, a vital hormone that helps the body regulate blood pressure, are thought to be the cause of kidney damage. Researchers also believe that ACE inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers have a similar effect on the kidney.
Although these drugs are widely used for many purposes, including treating high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, and heart attack, long-term use is now under investigation.
Ariel Gomez spoke about the study saying, “It would be important to conduct prospective, randomized controlled studies to determine the extent of functional tissue damage in patients taking medications for blood pressure control. It is imperative to find out what molecules these cells make so that we can counteract them to prevent the damage while the hypertension is treated with the current drugs available today.”
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