Blood pressure medication scrutinized

Study hints at higher death rate in women on calcium channel blockers

Patients who took a popular class of blood pressure drug had a substantially higher cardiovascular disease death rate than those taking other hypertension drugs, according to a study published today.

The disconcerting finding involving calcium channel blockers comes from a large ongoing study of postmenopausal women, including hundreds studied at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa. The results most likely apply to men, as well, according to researchers.

However, the study ...

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