Harvard Health Blog Is it safe to reduce blood pressure medications for older adults? POSTED AUGUST 26, 2020, 10:30 AM Hanna Gaggin, MD, MPH, Contributor Daniel Kirshenbaum, MD, Contributor Many older people take multiple medications, and managing them can be a burden. It’s common for people with high blood pressure to be prescribed several medications, so a recent study examined the effects of reducing the number of blood pressure medications in a small group of test subjects. Learn more »

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