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Inside Britain's growing blood pressure pill problem: Nagging coughs, swollen ankles, mysterious fainting fits - and why that daily cocktail of drugs could actually be harming your health

Daily Mail 1 min read 1 hour ago

Years ago, while on a home visit to see an elderly patient with an infected leg ulcer, I realised for the first time that Britain has a blood pressure pill problem.
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