Medications are an important addition to the arsenal of weapons against high blood pressure. The health benefits of medications to lower blood pressure have been observed most clearly in African-American and elderly women, although the cardiovascular benefits in women have not been studied separately from that of men. Reduction in strokes was clearly noted in women who participated in large clinical studies, but the impact of medications on overall death rates is less clear.
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