fatnews.com Hi, this is Larry Hobbs @ FatNews.com. larryhobbs@fatnews.com The blood pressure medicine Cozaar [losartan] [reduced strokes by 40%, but] did NOT reduce [heart attacks]…. Between Cozaar and the beta blocker atenolol, Cozaar, some might argue, is only the lesser of two evils. — Franz Messerli, MD, European Heart Journal, 2003. Cozaar [losartan] is an angiotensin II receptor blocker used for lowering blood pressure. Note: Increasing potassium intake by 500 mg per day the amount found in one banana or 8 ounces of orange juice has also been associated with a 40% reduction in the risk of stroke. In other words you can reduce your risk of stroke by 40% either by taking a blood pressure medicine every day for the rest of your life or by eating one banana per day or drinking one glass of orange juice per day. Which would you prefer? An editorial by some other authors that accompanied the LIFE study which compared Cozaar (losartan) with the beta blocker atenolol stated Previous studies with diuretics or beta blockers or calcium channel [blockers] or [ACE] inhibitors have shown 36%, 42% and 38% reduction in stroke… But this was not completely true. None of these studies [referenced in another editorial] documented a stroke reduction with beta blockers (or ACE inhibitors), noted Franz Messerli, MD (European Heart Journal, 2003). Cozaar [losartan] [reduce the risk of stroke by 40% but] did NOT reduce [heart attacks], he continued. Of the two treatment[s] [losartan vs …
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