Will Your Blood Pressure Medicine Make You Diabetic?
Ivanhoe’s Medical Breakthroughs - Blood Pressure Drugs: A Gamble?
Previous research suggests some blood pressure medications put patients at increased risk for new onset diabetes. Many of these drugs have never been directly compared, so how do doctors determine which medications are safest?Researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago took a hint from oddsmakers when comparing drugs in a recent study. They conducted a network meta-analysis of 22 clinical trials with 143,153 participants to determine which blood pressure medications put patients at risk for diabetes. Their meta-analysis shows angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBS) and angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors (ACE), two common blood pressure medications, are least likely to cause new cases of diabetes.
Probably better still if you control your blood pressure and diabetes through diet.