03-12-2020, 01:53 PM
(03-12-2020, 09:01 AM)helix Wrote:(03-12-2020, 08:35 AM)cardcrimson Wrote: Exchanged emails with my doctor at Kaiser, he hadn't heard of an issue with ACE inhibitors and Covid-19. Suggested maybe the pharmacist might know more. . . .
Here's a Lancet article from yesterday. Seems to recommend getting off ACE and onto different meds. Thoughts from the experts?
https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/...0116-8.pdf
If I were on an ACE inhibitor, I would switch to a different BP med for now. -MD
With the abundance of caution, I switched today to a calcium channel blocker from an ACE inhibitor. Who knows, but hopefully it can't hurt. Thanks for the advice here!
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
