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According to the findings of a latest research, blood pressure pills, commonly prescribed to control blood pressure levels, can actually confer a negative effect. They raise blood pressure instead.

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The problem, however, can be corrected if physicians take note of blood levels of the enzyme renin. Based on the levels of enzyme renin physicians can select and administer drugs most suitable for their patients, researchers say.

Researchers at the University of Oxford have found that variations in blood pressure levels may lead to a stroke in the patients, despite their average blood pressure mark.

Peter Rothwell, MD, professor of clinical neurology, Stroke Prevention Research Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, England said, “We have shown that it is variations in people’s blood pressure rather than the average level that predicts stroke most powerfully.”

“Occasional high values, and what might be called episodic hypertension, carry a high risk of stroke,” stated Rothwell.