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Featured low potassium (hypokalemia) patient discussions on diagnosis “I had two TIAs (mini strokes) in the course of one month. Upon taking blood in the hospital they found low potassium levels. I started taking potassium pills in the hospital and followed up with my family doctor. It is still low but not as low as [...]

“Treatment of Hypertension in Patients 80 Years of Age or Older” reports on the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial, or HYVET, which involved 3,845 patients with hypertension from Europe, China, Australasia and Tunisia. The study authors note that elevated blood pressure is common in individuals ages 80 and older, “a group constituting the fastest-growing [...]

For further reading Hypertension: Managing Hypertension in Athletes and Physically Active Patients http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020801/445.html High Blood Pressure and Exercise http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020801/457ph.html The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=3744&nbr=2970&string=hypert ension (http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=3744&nbr=2970&string=hypertension) Magnesium: Effects of magnesium supplementation in hypertensive patients: assessment by office, home, and ambulatory blood [...]

Exforge is a medication used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure). Exforge is a combination of the medications amlodipine and valsartan. Amlodipine is a calcium channel blocker, and valsartan is an angiotensin receptor II blocker. Both medications relax your blood vessels and subsequently reduce blood pressure. Typically, you can take 160mg of Exforge once daily [...]