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the hypothesis about ACE inhibitors and ARBs promoting covid-19 severity has never been proven in any human study and in fact ARBs have been shown to reduce mor
by youareostriches 7y ago
the hypothesis about ACE inhibitors and ARBs promoting covid-19 severity has never been proven in any human study and in fact ARBs have been shown to reduce mortality in one of the few covid studies which have been done:
Anti-hypertensive Angiotensin II receptor blockers associated to mitigation of disease severity in elderly COVID-19 patients
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.20.20039586v1 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.20.20039586v...
- pkaye 7y agoI'm not saying that ACE/ARBs promote covid19 severity but rather they promote nitric oxide production.
- youareostriches 7y agoYes, they do that. It would be consistent with the results seen: Treatment with ACE-inhibitors is associated with less severe disease with SARS-Covid-19 infection in a multi-site UK acute Hospital Trust https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.07.20056788v1 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.07.20056788v...