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Injectables for high blood pressure are in the works. Could they mean no more daily pills?

  • Written by: Sonali Gnanenthiran, Cardiologist and Research Fellow, Cardiovascular Program, George Institute for Global Health
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About one-third of adults have high blood pressure. Two-thirds of these have uncontrolled high blood pressure.

A key driver of poor blood pressure control is people not taking their tablets as prescribed. Tablets have been used to treat high blood pressure for decades. But about one in two people prescribed them stop...

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