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????
That actually makes more sense.
Yes, I certainly do and animal studies were 50:50 at the time on beneficial or not. And ace inhibitors vs. ARBs.
At any rate, I am on an ARB as well as amlodipine, which is better yet (according to Chinese in vivo experience).
I asked my cardiologist about that - I'm taking an ACE inhibitor - and he told me that it's pretty well established that ACE inhibitors either protect from CoVid or make it worse. "And wouldn't it be nice if I could tell the patient which one it is?" he asked me rather sourly. He had some other stuff to say about the current state of scientific publication that I'd get banned for posting...
No— the discussion by Dr. Scheulte co-founder of continuing education provider MedCram discussed medications that would aid in blocking the ACE2 receptor on lung cells.
The two discussed (two different mechanisms) were: Ace Inhibitors, and more directly blocking.... the ACE Blockers (ARBs) Losartan, Candesartan... and the other ——artan agents in the class of drugs.
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.
“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.