‘Exciting’ development in tackling untreatable high blood pressure

Baxdrostat works by preventing the body from making aldosterone – a hormone which helps to regulate the amount of salt in the body.

A new drug can tackle previously untreatable high blood pressure, a new study suggests (Anthony Devlin/PA)

Researchers claim they have discovered a way to tackle previously untreatable high blood pressure.

Those who took a new drug during a clinical trial were found to have significantly lower blood pressure after other traditional medicines had failed.