ACE Inhibitors

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Hello,

Why do some " Ace Inhibitors " cause a cough? It was just for that reason, I

switched from " Lisinopril " to " Diovan " , but I'm still coughing, especially at

night.

I thought it may be because I have a slight bit of Asthma, and it was

exasperating that, but the Asthma has been in remission for quite awhile. Do you

just

have to keep trying different medications, until one doesn't create a cough,

or is coughing the typical side effect of most " Ace Inhibitors " ?

Cindi

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H BAYER wrote:

>Hi,

>I am currently on Diovan (Lisinopril previously) and

>feel tired and my joints ache. Is this a common

>problem?

>

http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/valsartan_ad.htm

Sort of, yes. Blood pressure medications as a whole are

notorious for causing a number of side effects, including fatigue and

joint aches. I required my doctor to go through several different

medications until we found one I could tolerate. There are many to

choose from.

Edd

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H BAYER wrote:

>EDD,

>Thanks for your kind reply. Could you suggest any

>blood pressure medications that I could try, and which

>medication has helped you.

>Thanks again, Harriet

>

Deja vú. Gee, seems like I answered this already. Well, in

case it got lost in cyberspace. ...

As a diabetic, you need to be on an ACE inhibitor or an ARB, but

there are many different pills within both of those families. These

drugs are routinely prescribed to diabetics these days because they've

been found to protect our kidneys against disease.

I really can't recommend a specific medication. Beyond the

problem that I'm not a doctor or pharmacist, each person's reaction to a

drug is very individual. What works for me may not work for someone

else. Zestril caused me to feel achy and old. Some other people

complain of a cough. I never had a cough on it. And yet others report

that they've never had any problems with Zestril. You really need to

discuss pill selection with your doctor.

But, for what it's worth, I'm currently on Monopril and it's

treating me just fine.

edd

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>

> Re blood pressure meds, doctors tend to begin a patient on one and if that

> doesn't work, they add a second type, and then even a third. But I read

> that in those cases, it is usually only one of the b.p. med types that is

> doing any good. Diabetics tend to be placed on ACE inhibitors (as well as

> second generation ACE inhibitors) because they are supposed to baby our

> kidneys as well. But in my case, the type of b.p. med that did me the most

> good by far was the beta blockers. For years I took high doses, but then

> suddenly my blood pressure imprroved and I cut my doses in half. (If you

> have a rapid pulse, you may be a candidate for beta blockers. I also have

> left ventricular hypertrophy, which is common among long-term type 2''s.)

>

Hippocrates said " let food be your medicine, and medicine be your

food "

...... well, your doctor swore the Hippocratic oath, but he knows

squat about what Hippocrates was teaching. The original meaning of

medicine has been corrupted, and you can now practice better 'medicine'

at home. Rather than treating disease as 'a drug deficiency' let's look

at it like a 'food deficiency'.

Blood pressure can be reduced, and cholesterol normalized, with a food

supplement that according to anti-aging specialists who use it, works

better than any drug. This food, a blend of specific amino acids, can

also reduce diabetic symptoms and increase cardiac and kidney function.

It does this by healing the organs rather than suppressing symptoms.

Detoxification can work wonders towards reducing symptoms, which are

promoted by toxin load. Rapid pulse for example can be just a sign of

stress caused by any kind of toxin load. Unplugging your bile ducts with

liver flushes may do a world of good; your toxin load will be reduced.

Your kidneys and liver will thank you. They are the two largest users of

glutathione, a natural antioxidant and detoxifier created by your cells

but is low in ill people. Generally, diabetes comes with a huge oxidative

stress burden and that produces practically all the complications you can

name.

Peer-reviewed medical studies mention elevated cellular glutathione

increases survivability and reduces complications in diabetics, and

specifically the complications such as eyesight impariment, kidney

damage, arteriosclerosis and heart disease, cancer etc... so certainly

the medical body has knowledge of it. But the precursor is not a drug,

but in food such as cold-processed whey, so they don't inform you about

it.

In the end, would it not be a decent goal to become healthy and reduce

rather than increase the drugs you use? Correcting 'drug deficiencies' do

not make people healthy. They die younger than people who let medicine be

their food.

Curious about the science behind those statements? It's all on Medline

and I've saved the links. Anyone can contact me for some details...

Duncan Crow