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Three Inexpensive Drugs Reduce Heart Attack, Stroke Risks by 80%

Posted: Wednesday, October 07, 2009

People who are at high risk of experiencing a heart attack or stroke can reduce their risk by up to 80 percent if they take a combination of three inexpensive drugs, according to a new study.

Diuretics Comparable or Better Than Other Drugs for Hypertension

Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008

Use of calcium-channel blockers, alpha-blockers or angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors appears to offer no advantages in improving clinical outcomes compared with use of diuretics when treating hypertension among individuals with metabolic syndrome. Even more so for black patients.

ACE Inhibitors May Slow Mental Decline, Early Data Show

Posted: Thursday, August 23, 2007

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors that cross the blood-brain barrier slow mental decline by about 50% relative to the decline seen in patients on other antihypertensives, according to an observational study of 1,074 hypertensive subjects followed for a median of 6 years.

ACE Inhibitors Reduce Kidney Disease Risk in Diabetics with High Blood Pressure

Posted: Thursday, December 07, 2006

In diabetic patients with hypertension, ACE inhibitors reduce the risk of developing diabetes-related kidney disease, independent of their effect in lowering blood pressure, reports a study in the December Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

ACE Inhibitors A Must for Type 2’s with Elevated BP

Posted: Thursday, November 09, 2006

Since 85% of people with type 2 diabetes also may have elevated blood pressure, they should be given an ACE inhibitor to protect from kidney failure.

A Mid-Summer’s Night DREAM: Diabetes Prevention (Part 2- Ramipril Arm)

Posted: Thursday, September 21, 2006

The Dream Study also found that the ACE-inhibitor Altace (ramipril) does not prevent type 2 diabetes in patients with impaired glucose metabolism.

Diabetes, Heart Disease Can Herald Early GI Cancers

Posted: Friday, June 02, 2006

"The presence of diabetes or heart disease can be a signal for clinicians to evaluate patients' risk for digestive cancers.” “And begin treatment with Ace inhibitors, which may reduce the risk of colon, pancreatic and esophageal cancers."

Older Diabetics Not Getting Heart, Kidney Drugs

Posted: Thursday, April 27, 2006

Despite the fact that drugs known as ACE inhibitors and ARBs prevent damage to the heart and kidneys in people with diabetes, fewer than half of older individuals in the US with diabetes are actually prescribed one of these agents, according to a new study.

ACE Inhibitor Boosts Coronary Circulation in Diabetics

Posted: Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Researchers reported that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors can improve coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR) in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Free Diabetes Drugs Could Save U.S. Money

Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2005

No-cost ACE inhibitors would keep diabetics out of the hospital, and save Medicare $1,606 over each person's life experts say.