Nausea drug may unlock new hypertension treatment in diabetes

This small pilot study looked at whether aprepitant, a drug used for nausea, can reduce aldosterone (a hormone that raises blood pressure) in people with type 2 diabetes and low-renin hypertension. Five participants took either aprepitant or a placebo for two weeks, then switched after a break. The goal was to understand how the nervous system affects hormone production in diabetes, not to prove a new treatment.