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Blood Pressure Drugs Linked to Depression and Mental Health Disorders

Hypertension (high blood pressure) is a challenge faced by 1 in 3 American adults. Worse still, a recent study cited in The Washington Post suggests that common blood pressure treatments, such as beta blockers and ACE inhibitors, may lead to depression and mood disorders. Pharmaceutical hypertension interventions are built on a shoddy foundation. The misuse of beta blockers has been tied to 800,000 deaths in Europe. Unbelievably, the majority of those harmed had little or no prior cardiac...