New drug could be cure for common cause of high blood pressure
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A new drug named baxdrostat has been found to provide lasting benefits for patients with high blood pressure up to two years after stopping a six- to 12-month course of daily pills. Led by Prof Morris Brown at Queen Mary University of London, a study showed that just under a quarter of patients came off all hypertension treatments with completely normal blood pressure. The drug targets primary aldosteronism, a condition in five to 10 percent of hypertension cases caused by adrenal gland nodules overproducing aldosterone.
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