Medicines taken by thousands of people with high blood pressure and diabetes could raise the risk of deadly coronavirus symptoms, scientists claim
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Oh... so ACE inhibitors increase ACE2 expression on the cell membrane? I didn’t realize that was the mechanism of action... I thought it was more that there were ACE2 receptors on the cell that the virus targeted.
Full disclosure... I take a low dose of Ramipril, so that article caught my attention.
Talked with my doc about this yesterday. She and her colleagues are waiting for more data. Correlation is not necessarily causation. But she will switch me to a channel blocker if necessary.
You mean millions of people.