The Claim
Among adults with type 2 diabetes, frail individuals are prescribed more antihypertensive medications than non-frail individuals, irrespective of assignment to standard or intensive blood pressure control regimens.
What the research says
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In adults with type 2 diabetes, those who are frail receive more antihypertensive drugs than those who are not frail, no matter whether their blood pressure treatment is standard or intensive.
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Among adults with type 2 diabetes, frail individuals receive more antihypertensive medications than non-frail individuals, regardless of whether they are assigned to standard or intensive blood pressure control regimens.
Doctors prescribe more blood pressure medicines to frail older adults because their bodies show signs of weakness and vulnerability, and clinicians respond by using more drugs to prevent sudden drops in blood pressure that could cause falls or organ damage.
What the research says
1 studyThe study found that older adults with type 2 diabetes who are frail (weaker or more vulnerable) were given more blood pressure pills than those who aren’t frail, no matter if doctors were trying to lower blood pressure a lot or just a little.
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