What’s different about the medications used to treat Primary Aldosteronism?
Medications used to treat Primary Aldosteronism treat not only Hypertension, but also the damaging effects of Primary Aldosteronism on the heart and other organs. If Primary Aldosteronism is the cause of your Hypertension, treating that cause directly will probably enable your doctor to reduce your Hypertension medication dosages. The most commonly used Aldosterone blocking drug is Spironolactone, which is relatively cheap and works well. Unfortunately, Spironolactone has side effects for many people. A newer, more expensive drug is Eplerenone, developed to help people with Congestive Heart Failure. It targets Aldosterone more specifically, and has fewer side effects than Spironolactone.
