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ACEi/ARB

Lessons from the Akita mouse

Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a major cause of ESRD worldwide. While many attempts have been made to develop reliable animal models that mimic human disease—ob/ob, db/db obese diabetes type 2 diabetes models, NOD1 mice, streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes model…

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Combo

Azilsartan medoxomil is a relatively new angiotensin receptor blocker and a study was recently published in Hypertension which compared the combination of two different doses of this drug with chlorthalidone against olmesartan in combination with hydrochlorothiazide for the…

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Pregnancy and ACE inhibitors

Treating hypertension on pregnancy sometimes feels a little like going back in time. As Nate posted previously, the list of anti-hypertensives that are considered safe in pregnancy is relatively short – first line agents include labetalol, hydralazine, methyldopa…

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ACE-inhibitor induced hyponatremia

I’ve always been skeptical about ACE inhibitors as a cause of hyponatremia, despite there being almost 20 case reports of this complication in the literature. Given the fact that so many patients I see are taking an ACE…

ARBs and Cancer Risk?

In the summer of 2010, I came across a health report on the national news that was titled “Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Linked to Cancer”.  The headline was based on a publication that demonstrated an increased cancer signal associated…

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ACE inhibitors and PD

Back to the subject of ACE inhibitors again. There are a number of reasons why ACEi might be particularly beneficial for patients on PD and two recent editorials in KI and CJASN laid these out very well. 1….

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Of snakes and men

As mentioned in a previous post, there is not much salt available in the Amazon and as a result, the inhabitants (human and otherwise) have developed very active renin/angiotensin systems in order to retain whatever salt they can…

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The bad habit of ACEI!!!!

Coming to the transplant clinic from 2 years of CKD clinic, prescribing ACEI/ARBs was a habit, a good one I guess. Does this hold truth in the transplant world, well… I am not sure anymore after I read…

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A great combination

Since the retraction of the COOPERATE trial by the Lancet late last year (following Regina Kunz’s famous ‘letter of concern’), combination RAAS blockade has suffered something of a fall from grace. This was dealt a second blow by…

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