Do you take three or more daily medications, and your hypertension still is not under control? Are four or more medications needed to control your high blood pressure? If either of these describes you, then you have resistant hypertension.

The problem is rampant, affecting about 28 million Americans, and the consequences are deadly. “Uncontrolled hypertension can lead to heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and death,” said MCGHealth

Cardiologist Dr. Vincent Robinson.

In an effort to reverse the trend, Dr. Robinson and MCGHealth Nephrologist Dr. John White have formed a hypertension clinic. The clinic is open every Tuesday from 8 a.m. to noon at the MCGHealth Cardiovascular Center at 1003 Chafee Ave.

“We will offer risk assessments of blood pressure and vascular disease, medication adjustments and lifestyle education in the treatment of hypertension to reduce the risk of future heart disease, kidney failure and stroke.  We urge patients to maintain close follow-up with their primary care physicians while under our care so that we can optimize the resources available to them and ensure that they have positive outcomes,” said Dr. White.

For more information, please call (706) 721-2426 or visit mcghealth.org.