Blood pressure medication may improve Covid-19 survival rates, study shows

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Blood pressure medication may improve Covid-19 survival rates, study shows
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Risk of severe illness and death reduced for patients who were taking ACEi or ARB tablets

“But the really important thing that we showed was that there is no evidence that these medications might increase the severity of Covid-19 or risk of death.“On the contrary, we found that there was a significantly lower risk of death and critical outcomes, so they might in fact have a protective role, particularly in patients with hypertension.

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