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Cough Induced by Pharmacological ModulatiOn of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System. Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors And Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists

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Angiotensin II Receptor Blockade Physiological and Clinical Implications

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Dry cough is now recognized as a common side effect of ACE inhibitor therapy. When cough becomes bothersome, no alternative is better than substituting a different class of antihypertensive agents for the offending ACE inhibitors. Losartan potassium represents a new class of antihypertensive agents with a different mechanism of action: it directly blocks the effects of angiotensin (Ang) II at the receptor level, without affecting kininase II-related factors, such as the bradykinin system. As shown in the Losartan Cough Study, the incidence of cough related to a treatment with an AT1 type Ang II receptor antagonist, such as losartan, is significantly lower than that observed with lisinopril and is similar to that of HCTZ in patients with a rechallenged ACE-inhibitor cough. Ang II receptor antagonists represent a potential new treatment for hypertensive patients, which may be especially useful in patients in whom a pharmacological inhibition of RAAS is indicated, but who develop cough with ACE inhibitors.

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Lacourcière, Y., Lefebvre, J. (1998). Cough Induced by Pharmacological ModulatiOn of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System. Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors And Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists. In: Dhalla, N.S., Zahradka, P., Dixon, I.M.C., Beamish, R.E. (eds) Angiotensin II Receptor Blockade Physiological and Clinical Implications. Progress in Experimental Cardiology, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5743-2_10

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