Title:

Controversy in Hypertension: Are Diuretics Harmful?

Creator:

Freis, Edward D.
Papademetriou, Vasilios

Date:

January 1985

Description:

Throughout the 1980s, Freis continued to counsel against the trend away from thiazide diuretics in treating hypertension. In this article, he and Papademetriou contended that the concern that diuretics were dangerous were mostly unfounded and this practice would make controlling hypertension more difficult.

Periodical:

Primary Cardiology

Publisher:

Physicians World Communications Group

Location:

Box: 7. Folder: 14

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Articles

Subject:

Hypertension, Antihypertensive Agents, Diuretics, and Thiazides

Format:

Text

Extent:

5 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Periodical. Freis, Edward D., and Vasilios Papademetriou. "Controversy in Hypertension: Are Diuretics Harmful?" Primary Cardiology 1, (January 1985): 16-26. Article. 5 Images.. Primary Cardiology

Legacy ID:

XFBBDW

NLM ID:

101584929X59

Profiles Collection:

The Edward D. Freis Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584929X59

Story Section:

After 1980: Changing Trends in Hypertension Therapy