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News & Research:

• Aldosterone-inhibiting Hormone Can Be Added Safely to ACE Inhibitor Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes - Doctor's Guide, 4/27/06
• Aldosterone Antagonists in the Treatment of Heart Failure - Medscape, 1/19/06
• The Use of Aldosterone Receptor Blockers in the Treatment of Hypertension - Medscape, 12/9/04
• 1 in 3 Hypertensive Patients Has an Elevated Aldosterone-to-Renin Ratio - Medscape, 9/20/04
• Eplerenone Use Significantly Reduces All-Cause Mortality in Heart Failure Patients - Doctor's Guide, 9/14/04
• New ACC/AHA STEMI Guidelines Urge Early and Long-Term Treatment With Aldosterone Blockade Therapy - Doctor's Guide, 8/17/04
• Eplerenone Appears Safe and Effective for Diabetic Patients With Post-Acute Myocardial Infarction Heart Failure - Doctor's Guide, 6/7/04
• Eplerenone and Enalapril Equally Effective as Monotherapy for Hypertension, but Eplerenone Produces Greater Reduction in Albuminuria - Doctor's Guide, 4/27/04
• Eplerenone is Cost-Effective for Patients with Heart Failure After a Myocardial Infarction - Doctor's Guide, 3/9/04
• Target Aldosterone Directly to Keep Protein Out of Urine - Doctor's Guide, 11/17/03
• Fat Cells Linked to Hypertension - HealthDay, 11/10/03 - "new research has found fat tissue also secretes hormones. And it is also known a malfunction in the adrenal gland is linked to obesity. This malfunction leads to an excessive release of aldosterone, a blood pressure-elevating steroid that causes the kidneys to hold on to salt ... clinicians could benefit from their and my research by thinking of using aldosterone antagonists, such as spironolactone or eplerenone, in hypertensive patients with upper body obesity. We have found those drugs very useful in stubborn cases"
• Eplerenone Alone Or Combined With Enalapril Effectively Reduces Left Ventricular Hypertrophy - Doctor's Guide, 10/13/03
• New Heart Failure Drug Approved by FDA - WebMD, 10/8/03
• Aldosterone Antagonists Prevent RAAS Escape and May Help Prevent Target Organ Damage - Doctor's Guide, 9/17/03
• Aldosterone Levels Higher in Patients With Heart Failure - Doctor's Guide, 9/2/03
• Eplerenone Better Tolerated and as Effective in Reducing Systolic BP Than Amlodipine - Doctor's Guide, 8/7/03
• Eplerenone Appears to Reduce Clinic and Ambulatory BP in Patients With Hypertension - Doctor's Guide, 7/25/03
• Primary Aldosteronism May Occur In As Many As 10% Of Hypertensives - Doctor's Guide, 6/23/03
• Low-Dose Eplerenone Reduces Proteinuria in Type 2 Diabetics Without Increasing Serum Potassium - Doctor's Guide, 5/15/03
• Eplerenone As Effective As Amlodipine For Systolic Hypertension, Widened Pulse Pressure - Doctor's Guide, 4/28/03
• Eplerenone Effective in Hypertensive Blacks and Whites - Medscape, 4/18/03
• Eplerenone Superior To Losartan In Black Patients With Hypertension - Doctor's Guide, 4/14/03
• Adding Eplerenone Benefits Myocardial Infarction Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction - Doctor's Guide, 4/3/03
• Aldosterone Blocker May Lower Risk of Death, Heart Failure after Heart Attack - Doctor's Guide, 4/3/03
• New Heart Attack Drug Joins Arsenal - HealthDay, 3/31/03
• FDA Approves Inspra (Eplerenone), An Aldosterone Blocker For The Treatment Of Hypertension - Doctor's Guide, 9/30/02

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