Key result
Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors are generally well accepted but are associated with an infrequent, troublesome side effect of cough and other potential respiratory effects.
Why the study?
What are the respiratory side effects, specifically cough, associated with ACE inhibitors?
What are the respiratory side effects, specifically cough, associated with ACE inhibitors?
This review highlights cough and other potential respiratory side effects associated with ACE inhibitor therapy.
Cough is a recognized side-effect of ACE inhibitors in hypertension and HF; leaves open the extent of other respiratory effects.
Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have been available for the treatment of hypertension and heart failure for several years.This class of drugs is generally well accepted by the patient (1), but an unusual, infrequent, and troublesome side-effect, cough, has become apparent.This article reviews this side-effect and also the possibility of other respiratory effects of ACE inhibition.
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KE Berkin (1989) studied this question. Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors are generally well accepted but are associated with an infrequent, troublesome side effect of cough and other potential respiratory effects.
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