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Q: Briefly discuss the impact of the renal system on blood pressure regulation.

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Q: Why do people with hypertension keep a low-salt (low- sodium) diet? Explain further.

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Clinical Pharmacology

Pharmacology is a discipline of medicine that studies how medications interact with the systems and processes of living organisms, focusing on drug action mechanisms as well as therapeutic and other purposes.