Medications and Fall Risk for Austin Seniors
2018 Fall Prevention Awareness Month
High blood pressure is a very serious condition that can lead to severe illness or even death. But 
did you know the same medication you may be using to treat this condition could also increase the risk of a dangerous fall?
Certain high blood pressure medicine can lead to falls, according to a New York Times article titled “Are Blood Pressure Drugs Worth the Falls?” Reporter Paula Span says that more than 70 percent of those over age 70 deal with high blood pressure. In a study looking at a national sample of almost 5,000 Medicare beneficiaries with high blood pressure, Span writes that more than 85 percent were taking at least one the following drugs: diuretics, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers and a doozy of a pronunciation, renin-angiotensin system blockers.
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