Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Renin

This is the central player that is important in most people with high blood pressure (hypertension). There is a new blood pressure medication that partially blocks this enzyme, called Tekturna (aliskiren).

http://www.tekturna.com/index.jsp

This video was developed by the company has this site to tell you about how the new drug works. It’s good, very accurate and tells the story in a scientifically accurate but friendly fashion.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Seems like the new DRI class will help revolutionize the way Physicians look at as well as treat Hypertension in patients with both mild to moderate & moderate to severe HTN. Keep the updates coming Dr. P!!
Regards,

Adam Smith
Novartis Pharmaceuticals