Hypotension (Low Blood Pressure) News

Beware of Low Blood Pressure Effects - AllAfrica.com



Beware of Low Blood Pressure Effects 
AllAfrica.com
By Dr Ali Mzige, 29 April 2012 Low blood pressure (hypotension) is blood pressure low enough to cause symptoms such as dizziness and fainting. Normally, the body maintains the pressure of blood in the arteries within a narrow range.

 


FDA: Blood Pressure Medication Warning - dailyRx



FDA: Blood Pressure Medication Warning 
dailyRx
In ALTITUDE, the risks of kidney (renal) impairment, low blood pressure (hypotension), and high potassium blood levels (hyperkalemia) in a group of patients taking aliskiren plus an ARB or ACEI increased relative to a group of patients taking placebo ...

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Clinical update on falls and syncope - Irish Medical Times



Irish Medical Times 
Clinical update on falls and syncope 
Irish Medical Times
The most common reasons for emergency room attendances among people aged over 75 are falls and syncope ? short periods of ?temporary and self-limited loss of consciousness?, due to low brain blood flow. These are significant because of the potentially ...

 


White House Recognition for a Roseville Company - Patch.com



White House Recognition for a Roseville Company 
Patch.com
Advanced Circulatory Systems said it was honored specifically for its work in developing and deploying an innovative therapy for the treatment of low blood pressure and elevated intracranial pressure. The SBA said, in its news announcement, ...

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New Study Shows Patients Can Effectively be Switched to Latuda(R) (lurasidone ... - MarketWatch (press release)



New Study Shows Patients Can Effectively be Switched to Latuda(R) (lurasidone ... 
MarketWatch (press release)
NMS can cause hyperpyrexia, muscle rigidity, altered mental status and evidence of autonomic instability (irregular pulse or blood pressure, tachycardia, diaphoresis, and cardiac dysrhythmia). Additional signs may include elevated creatine ...

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Latuda(R) (lurasidone HCl) Label Updated With Expanded Dosing Range Providing ... - MarketWatch (press release)



Latuda(R) (lurasidone HCl) Label Updated With Expanded Dosing Range Providing ... 
MarketWatch (press release)
NMS can cause hyperpyrexia, muscle rigidity, altered mental status and evidence of autonomic instability (irregular pulse or blood pressure, tachycardia, diaphoresis, and cardiac dysrhythmia). Additional signs may include elevated creatine ...

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A Certain Gift, and a Question of Ethics - Annals of Internal Medicine



A Certain Gift, and a Question of Ethics 
Annals of Internal Medicine
He was hypotensive, with systolic blood pressure palpable at around 80 mm Hg and a heart rate in the 120s. Normal saline boluses started in the emergency room were still going. His skin must have been as hot as the cement veranda outside; ...

 


FDA Warns Diabetes Patients About Combining Aliskiren - Diabetes Health (press release)



FDA Warns Diabetes Patients About Combining Aliskiren 
Diabetes Health (press release)
The warning also applies to patients who have renal impairment. The FDA said that patients with diabetes who mix the drugs risk kidney damage, hypotension (extremely low blood pressure), and hyperkalemia (abnormal levels of potassium in the blood).

 


CHTP might seek limited Northera approval, meets with FDA this month - MedCity News



CHTP might seek limited Northera approval, meets with FDA this month 
MedCity News
... which failed to gain US Food and Drug Administration approval in March, was developed to treat neurogenic orthostatic hypotension, or NOH, a condition characterized by dizziness and fainting upon standing due to low blood pressure.

 


Ephedrine scam 20 percent shortage in key drugs likely - Business Recorder (blog)



Ephedrine scam 20 percent shortage in key drugs likely 
Business Recorder (blog)
Ephedrine is a central nervous system stimulant used to treat breathing problems (as a bronchodilator), nasal congestion (as a decongestant), low blood pressure problems (orthostatic hypotension), or myasthenia gravis. This drug has also been used to ...

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