High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a condition that occurs when the force of blood pushing against the walls of your blood vessels is too high. When you have high high blood pressure, it can lead to heart attack, heart disease, stroke and kidney disease, among others.

High BP affects nearly 1.3 billion people across the world, including millions of people in India. For most people, the standard treatments are medicines which relax blood vessels or remove extra water, along with lifestyle and dietary changes.

However, for some people these medicines don't work well enough, leaving blood pressure dangerously high. This increases the risk of heart attacks, strokes, kidney problems, and early death.

Scientists have now developed a new drug called baxdrostat, which offers hope by lowering blood pressure in these tough cases where other medicines fail.

This simple pill targets a key hormone in the body that causes salt and water buildup, which pushes up blood pressure. Recent large trials show it can drop blood pressure by 9-10 mmHg or more, helping many patients reach healthy levels

The BaxHTN trial was led by Professor Bryan Williams (UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science) and funded by AstraZeneca. It tested a new drug called baxdrostat on nearly 800 patients across 214 clinics around the world. The findings were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Source:Ndtv