Diabetes mellitus, the renin-angiotensin system, and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition.
Many traditional antihypertensive drugs are linked to various effects that may cause concern in the hypertensive diabetic patient. The favorable tolerability of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in essential hypertension makes it likely that they will be well tolerated when used in diabetic patients. Data from ongoing studies support the theory that ACE inhibitors lower blood pressure to the same extent in hypertensive diabetics as in patients with essential hypertension. ACE inhibitors do not seem to affect glucose homeostasis adversely; they may even improve glucose tolerance to a small degree. The renal effects of ACE inhibitors in animal experiments suggest a renal-protective effect that can make them especially valuable.
Björck
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Department of Nephrology, University of Göteborg, Sweden.
Aurell
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D000450:Aldosterone / Q000097:blood; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000097:blood*; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000097:blood; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin / Q000378:metabolism*; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism
D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin; D000804:Angiotensin II; D000450:Aldosterone; D012964:Sodium; D012083:Renin