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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