Peter Attia· MD
if you give an inhibitor of uric acid synthesis allopurinol which is what we give to gout patients you can actually lower adolescence blood pressures when they have essential hypertension
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
if you give an inhibitor of uric acid synthesis allopurinol which is what we give to gout patients you can actually lower adolescence blood pressures when they have essential hypertension
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