Pharmacist’s Help Lowers Blood Pressure

In a study, blood pressure improved for people who monitored it at home and sent results to a pharmacist. The pharmacist could adjust doses and prescribe new medicines. More than half of people in this group attained normal blood pressure readings. The study kept track of nearly 800 people with high blood pressure for a year. Some people were assigned to do home monitoring only, without the pharmacist’s help. Others were told just to work with their doctors. Only about one-third of these groups got pressure under control. HealthDay News reported on the study June 24. It was in the Journal of the American Medical Association.