CHAPTER 43: DRUGS AFFECTING BLOOD PRESSURE

Question 1

Block the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II in the lungs
- as monotherapy or combined with diuretics

Answer 1

ACE - Anglotensin - Coverting Enzyme Inhibitors

Question 2

For hypertension, congestive heart failure ( CHF ) , Diabetic neuropathy, left ventriculae dysfunction after MI
- associated with fatal pancytopenia, cough, GI distress

Answer 2

PROTOTYPE: CAPTOPRIL (CAPOTEN)