Posted on 08/24/2020 3:18:56 PM PDT by Signalman
Medication for high blood pressure could improve Covid-19 survival rates and reduce the severity of infection - according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
Researchers studied 28,000 patients taking antihypertensives - a class of drugs that are used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure).
They found that the risk of severe Covid-19 illness and death was reduced for patients with high blood pressure who were taking Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) or Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARB).
Lead researcher Dr Vassilios Vassiliou, from UEA's Norwich Medical School, said: "We know that patients with cardiovascular diseases are at particular risk of severe Covid-19 infection. But at the start of the pandemic, there was concern that specific medications for high blood pressure could be linked with worse outcomes for Covid-19 patients.
"We wanted to find out what the impact of these medications is for people with Covid-19.
"We therefore studied the outcomes for patients taking antihypertensives - looking particularly at what we call 'critical' outcomes such as being admitted to intensive care or being put on a ventilator, and death."
The research was led by UEA in collaboration with the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.
The team analysed data from 19 studies related to Covid-19 and ACEi and ARB medications. The meta-analysis involved more than 28,000 patients and is the largest and most detailed such study to date.
They compared data from Covid-19 patients who were taking ACEi or ARB medications with those who were not - focusing on whether they experienced 'critical' events (admission to intensive care and invasive or non-invasive ventilation) and death.
Dr Vassiliou said: "We found that a third of Covid-19 patients with high blood pressure and a quarter of patients overall were taking an ACEi/ARBs. This is likely due to the increasing risk of infection in patients with co-morbidities such as cardiovascular diseases, hypertension and diabetes.
"But the really important thing that we showed was that there is no evidence that these medications might increase the severity of Covid-19 or risk of death.
"On the contrary, we found that there was a significantly lower risk of death and critical outcomes, so they might in fact have a protective role - particularly in patients with hypertension.
"Covid-19 patients with high blood pressure who were taking ACEi/ARB medications were 0.67 times less likely to have a critical or fatal outcome than those not taking these medications.
"As the world braces itself for a potential second wave of the infection, it is particularly important that we understand the impact that these medications have in Covid-19 patients.
"Our research provides substantial evidence to recommend continued use of these medications if the patients were taking them already.
"However, we are not able to address whether starting such tablets acutely in patients with Covid-19 might improve their prognosis, as the mechanism of action might be different," he added.
No way make an antibiotic OTC. Talk about causing resistance.
Next, they're going to discover the real secret is to roll them up like a joint and smoke the masks.
Bump.
Time for COVID hysteria to cease. It would appear that everything but aspirin is a solution.
This childishness over a virus that has been hyped to death by the Despicable Party and their news arm is BS and it is time for it to called as such.
“””IIRC 6 months ago the medical scientists were saying the exact opposite.
Namely, ACE inhibitors made a person more vulnerable to a bad outcome with covid.
Anyone else remember the same????
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Yes, I do remember that-because my Rx was not for Ace Inhibitors and thought I was fortunate.”””
My thanks to you and others who remember the same. It is always good to know our memory cells are still working.
Yes! We just went through this but backwards. So confusing.
Also- originally we would all have immunity after having it, then no, we wouldn’t, just last week yes! Immunity after recovery assured- then today read of cases in Asia with patients getting it again.
Peak 2020.
“IIRC 6 months ago the medical scientists were saying the exact opposite.
Namely, ACE inhibitors made a person more vulnerable to a bad outcome with covid.
Anyone else remember the same????”
I sure do. Early on they said that high blood pressure put people in danger. I asked a simple question: How does a virus that is something like 100 atoms across measure blood pressure? My blood pressure machine is about 1 million times that size, and so are most others - so what kind of machines are these virons using?
Answer: They obviously cannot - but they can be affected by the drugs people with high blood pressure are taking.
All this means is, people with controlled blood pressure survive longer. Duh!
Sometimes, the answer is simple like your DUH post.
When the doctor hears hoof beats, maybe. he should not be looking for zebras!
Back in April I asked my primary if I should cut off lisinopril for a calcium channel blocker. She said her reading told her that ACE s would inhibit the virus. The literature at the time from Italy said the opposite, but it turns out she was probably right.
Try this: Celery Seeds
Celery Seeds are another natural way to lower blood pressure with a natural Ace Inhibitor. Celery seeds contain 3-n-butylphthalide which in studies has shown in animal tests to lower blood pressure as much as almost 15%.
Article ping.
Ride’em Cowboy ! I’m on Amlodipine and my BP has really come down also a generic and cheap statin ( statin have also been cited as having anti-Covid properties) plus my vape .
I’m feeling covered over here my Shep puppy is on flea tick killer so he’s good
So do I. I guess we are good to go.
FDA will of course now ban it and we’ll have an epidemic of strokes, which they’ll blame on Trump.
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