References & Sources

Generic drug effectively treats heart failure

A rarely used generic drug can reduce deaths and hospitalization in cardiac patients when added to the patients’ drug regimens.

References:

Pitt, B., et al. 1999. The effect of spironolactone on morbidity and mortality in patients with severe heart failure. New England Journal of Medicine 325(Sept. 2):1371.

Sources:

Bertram Pitt
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Department of Internal Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Karl T. Weber
University of Missouri
Health Sciences Center
Columbia, MO 65212

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 7, August 14, 1999, p. 103. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.