URI study shows blood pressure drug may lower epilepsy risk

URI College of Pharmacy Associate Professor Xuerong Wen led a study of more than 2 million patients with hypertension, finding one common blood pressure medication may also lower the risk of epilepsy.

College of Pharmacy Associate Professor Xuerong Wen links losartan to lower incidence of epilepsy Nearly half of all adults in the U.S. have been diagnosed with hypertension, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, many of whom are also at risk of epilepsy. Of the several types of antihypertension medications patients are prescribed, […]

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