The Veterans Administration studies in the 1960s proved beyond doubt that treating hypertension with thiazides and β-blockers (the drugs available at that time) significantly diminished the rates of strokes, renal failure, and heart failure, although the decrease in the rate of myocardial infarcts did not reach statistical significance.
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Benefits and side effects of blood pressure lowering treatment: what was wrong with doxazosin in the ALLHAT?
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