BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Hypertension has been associated with Parkinson's disease (PD), but data on antihypertensive drugs and PD are inconclusive. We aim to evaluate antihypertensive drugs for an association with PD in hypertensive patients. METHODS Hypertensive patients who were free of PD, dementia and stroke were recruited from 2005-2006 using Taiwan National Health Insurance Database. We ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) are increasingly used in a variety of settings including heart failure, renal failure, arterial hypertension, and diabetic nephropathy. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hyperkalemia with ACEI and ARB use, in a population of the United States veterans....

Hypertension is a common cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and even more common sequelae of CKD. It is essential to preserve renal function while controlling blood pressure. There is growing evidence that reduction and normalization of proteinuria is a key treatment goal for renal protection. Several clinical studies, mainly but not exclusively in diabetic patients were reviewed, subsequent...

The renin–angiotensin system (RAS) has an important role in the control of blood pressure, hypertension, diabetes, and in the regulation of salt and volume homeostasis of organisms as well as in the heart failure, and other related renal dysfunctions. Renin is the main protease enzyme of the RAS. In kidney, Juxtaglomerular (JG) cells are most important site for renin production. Renin act on An...

The concomitant use of angiotensinconverting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and aspirin is recommended for any diabetic patient with microalbuminuria or macroalbuminuria because these drugs result in renal and cardiovascular benefits (1,2). However, a putative pharmacological interaction between these drugs is plausible, through their opposite effects on vasodilator prostaglandins (3). Therefore, th...

background: central renin angiotensin system has an important role on the cerebral microcirculation and metabolism. our previous work showed that inhibition of angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) activity prior to induction of ischemia protected the brain from severe ischemia/reperfusion (i/r) injuries. this study evaluated the impacts of post-ischemic inhibition of ace, enalapril, on brain inf...

The angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) are a group of pharmaceuticals that are used primarily in treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure, in some cases as the drugs of first choice. The renin-angiotensin system is activated in response to hypotension, decreased sodium concentration in the distal tubule, decreased blood volume and in renal sympathetic nerve stimulati...

Introduction: In patients with uncomplicated primary hypertension (HTN), angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) are considered as monotherapy. In some studies, cough was not related to age, sex, underlying disease, or drug dosage. However, in previous studies, the incidence of cough was greater in females than males. The aim of this study is to determine the incidence of captopril-ind...