{"id":93105,"date":"2026-08-19T19:21:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=93105"},"modified":"2026-08-19T19:21:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:21:04","slug":"millions-taking-common-blood-pressure-medication-at-risk-of-deadly-kidney-disease-top-experts-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/08\/19\/millions-taking-common-blood-pressure-medication-at-risk-of-deadly-kidney-disease-top-experts-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions taking common blood pressure medication at risk of deadly kidney disease, top experts warn"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/19\/12\/110724135-16063325-A_study_found_that_type_2_diabetes_patients_taking_dihydropyridi-m-17_1787140741536.jpg\" alt=\"A study found that type 2 diabetes patients taking dihydropyridine calcium-channel blockers such as amlodipine were at a 33 per cent higher risk of complications\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Millions of patients who take popular blood pressure medication may be at risk of developing deadly kidney problems, experts have warned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Millions of patients who take popular blood pressure medication may be at risk of developing deadly kidney problems, experts have warned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/heart-health.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93106,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93105\/revisions\/93106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}