| Prescription medications such as diuretics and antihypertensives, as well as illicit drugs, can decrease the body's ability to thermoregulate. |
| The overall use of antihypertensives was not associated with breast cancer, but women who used calcium-channel blockers for more than 10 years had an elevated risk. |
| Although one trial found no effect of giving elderly people antihypertensives, the results from several others suggest they could be helpful. |
| There was also a Level A recommendation to treat severe hypertension during pregnancy with safe antihypertensives. |
