Effect Of Stopping RAS Inhibitors In Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
Effect Of Stopping RAS Inhibitors In Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease by Pooja Shete on January 1, 2021 at 8:08 PM Certain small studies suggest that a group of medications called RAS inhibitors which are used for the treatment of hypertension, may be harmful in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. Therefore physicians often stop the treatment with these drugs in such patients. Research conducted at Karolinska Institutet shows that although stopping RAS inhibitors is linked to a lower risk of requiring dialysis, it is also linked to a higher risk of cardiovas...
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