E-DRUG: Can blood pressure be lowered by a change in diet?
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[An essential non-drug? WB]
I would like to bring to your attention the October/December issue (#50) of
the Therapeutics Letter: "Can blood pressure be lowered by a change in diet?
Evidence from the DASH trials" that has just been published on the
Therapeutics Initiative web-site at http://www.ti.ubc.ca/pages/letter50.htm
[DASH = Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension; WB]
In this Letter we summarize the evidence from the DASH trials and conclude
that "substantial BP lowering can be achieved by a reduced dietary sodium
intake, the DASH diet, or a combination of the two. This approach is
applicable to those patients consuming an average North American diet who
are motivated to make a change."
I invite you to drop by and have a look at this Letter. Please feel free to
forward this message to any of your friends or colleagues that might be
interested in this topic.
We would appreciate receiving your comments on this Therapeutics Letter and
its possible implications in clinical practice.
Best regards,
Ciprian Jauca
Program Coordinator
Therapeutics Initiative
University of British Columbia
Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
2176 Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
Canada
Tel: +1-604-822-0700
Fax: +1-604-822-0701
Email: jauca@ti.ubc.ca
Web: www.ti.ubc.ca
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