By the way, doctor. When I was first diagnosed with hypertension, my doctor (who knew that I was a competitive cyclist) prescribed an ACE inhibitor. I wondered for some time why he didn't prescribe diuretics, since all the articles I've read recommend that as a beginning step. Then I read in a bicycling magazine that ACE inhibitors are the only hypertension medicine that doesn't interfere with aerobic performance. Is that true? And did my doctor do the right thing?
Lee
Thomas H
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