| 31. | Like standard ACE inhibitors, the vasopeptidase inhibitors block an enzyme that raises blood pressure.
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| 32. | Ondetti had discovered Captopril, an ACE inhibitor with much better activity than previous compounds.
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| 33. | The key question was whether damaged kidneys would worsen if patients took ACE inhibitors.
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| 34. | Use of ACE inhibitors for eligible patients would save 4, 500 lives, they said.
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| 35. | These are penicillamine, corticosteroids, calcium channel blockers, and ACE inhibitors.
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| 36. | Novartis also makes a combination ACE inhibitor-calcium channel blocker drug.
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| 37. | ACE inhibitors ease blood pressure by reducing production of a chemical that squeezes arteries.
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| 38. | This action of ACE inhibitors is used in the prevention of diabetic renal failure.
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| 39. | They suspect that any ACE inhibitor, not just perindopril, will work in these patients.
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| 40. | Other ACE inhibitors include Altace, Accupril, Monopril and Zestril.
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