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Can you tell me how diuretics help with high blood pressure?

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High blood pressure: can either be a volume problem (blood) or a container (blood vessels) problem or both. Diuretics alleviate the "volume" problem by tricking the kidney to eliminate more salt (and free water ) from the body.

Answered 3/21/2018

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