Health

Q: Are water pills useful for high blood pressure?

A: Yes, they are; and this subject has been recently reviewed in a Johns Hopkins Health Alert (www.johnshopkinshealthalerts.com, 2011).

Very few medicines have been studied as intently or used as successfully for as many years as diuretics. Whether they are taken alone or in combination with other hypertension drugs, diuretics have consistently been shown to be safe, effective and relatively inexpensive.