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Blood pressure medications safe for COVID-19 patients: Study

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Blood pressure medications safe for COVID-19 patients: Study

Blood pressure medications safe for COVID-19 patients: Study

An international team of researchers have found that medications to treat high blood pressure do not affect outcomes among patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

The study, led by researchers from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, published today in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, is the first randomized controlled trial to show there is no risk for patients continuing these medications while hospitalized for COVID-19.

More than 49 million U.S. adults take medication to treat hypertension, and among those, about 83 percent (41 million) take an ACEI or ARB, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Early during the pandemic, a concern arose regarding the use of ACEIs or ARBs in the setting of COVID-19, since some studies had suggested that these medications could upregulate cellular receptors for the SARS-CoV-2 virus potentially aiding viral replication.

However, it was also considered that some effects of these medications could be protective against the virus.

ACEIs and ARBs are among the most commonly prescribed medications in the world, and a potential link between those medications and COVID-19 outcomes has large global health implications, the authors say.

Several observational studies suggested no association between outpatient ACEI or ARB use and risk of COVID-19 hospitalization, but high-quality randomized trial evidence was lacking, until now.

Currently, trials are underway to determine if the use of these medications is effective for the treatment of COVID-19.


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