Archive · 21 Jan 2026
Cardiologist Debunks Myth on Blood Pressure Meds
A heart doctor named Dr. Parin Sangoi says that many people think taking blood pressure medicine every day is bad for your kidneys.
But he explains that this is not true.
The medicine does not hurt your kidneys.
Instead, if you have high blood pressure and do not treat it, that can damage your kidneys over time.
The small blood vessels in your kidneys get hurt, and they can't work as well.
Often, people only find out about the kidney damage when they start taking blood pressure medicine, and they think the medicine caused the problem.
But really, the damage was already there from the untreated high blood pressure.
Dr. Parin Sangoi debunks the myth that blood pressure medicines harm kidneys.
Untreated high blood pressure is a major cause of kidney disease.
Kidney damage often occurs before high blood pressure is diagnosed.
People may wrongly blame blood pressure medicines for kidney issues.
The damage is actually caused by long-term untreated hypertension.
- Who
- Dr. Parin Sangoi, a consultant interventional cardiologist at Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai Central
- What
- Debunking the myth that blood pressure medicines harm kidneys
- When
- Not specified
- Where
- Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai Central
- Why
- To clarify that untreated high blood pressure, not the medicines, causes kidney damage
- Expert
- Dr. Parin Sangoi, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
- Location
- Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai Central
- Myth
- Blood pressure medicines harm kidneys
- Fact
- Untreated high blood pressure damages kidneys
- Cause of Kidney Damage
- Long-term untreated hypertension
- Timing of Damage
- Damage often occurs before diagnosis