higher doses of ACE inhibitors
May 1998
Many heart failure patients should be given higher doses ofACE inhibitors.
ACE inhibitors improve survival and reduce hospitalization forheart failure...but many patients don't take a high enough dose.
Advise physicians to aim for the doses that have been shown tobe beneficial in clinical trials...enalapril 10 mg BID...captopril50 mg TID...or lisinopril 20 mg/day.
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