Hydrochlorothiazide: Not Recommended For First-Line Therapy In Hypertension

franz messerli Hydrochlorothiazide: Not Recommended For First Line Therapy In Hypertension

Franz Messerli

New York cardiologist Franz Messerli explains to Peter Goodwin why he doesn’t prescribe the popular diuretic hydrochlorothiazide as initial therapy for hypertension any more, as he announced in a “Late-Breaker” session at the European Meeting on Hypertension in Milan.

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