Intrarenal dopamine deficiency leads to hypertension and decreased longevity in mice.
Since they alluded to the renin/angiotensin system, you might want to know something about blood pressure meds for diabetics and what blood pressure meds increase the risk of type 2 diabetes.
Choice of antihypertensive drug in the diabetic patient.
New-onset diabetes and antihypertensive treatment
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Can’t remember if I posted this or not. I have OBS (old brain syndrome)
http://diabetes.webmd.com/news/20110302/aggressive-diabetes-threapy-may-raise-death-risk
There is a real danger in trying to achieve “ideal” numbers in diabetics, especially as they get older. No 65-year-old is going to have the same blood pressure and glucose numbers as a 25-year-old. Trying to reach that goal may cause more harm than good. So, yes, treat the hypertension, but don’t go overboard. The body has a way of compensating for whatever we do to it. :-)