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Jul. 2, 07: Accident Raises Safety Concerns About Chinese Tires
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Jun. 9, 06: ACE inhibitors: New warning for pregnant women
What happened? Women who have high blood pressure and are pregnant or considering pregnancy have a serious new warning when it comes to blood pressure medication. read more »
Jun. 8, 06: Would-be mothers are told to avoid ACE inhibitors
Women who want to become pregnant should not take ACE inhibitors to control their high blood pressure, federal drug regulators say. read more »
Jun. 8, 06: New Risk in Blood Pressure Drugs
A study links ACE inhibitors to birth defects when taken in the first trimester. read more »
Jun. 8, 06: Some hypertension drugs risky in early pregnancy
A class of widely used blood pressure drugs once considered safe in the early stages of pregnancy can nearly triple the risk of birth defects, a study showed on Wednesday. read more »
Jun. 7, 06: ACE Inhibitors May Boost Birth Defects
The FDA is encouraging women who are taking a class of drugs called ACE inhibitors, which lower blood pressure, to reconsider the use of those drugs before or during pregnancy. read more »
Jun. 7, 06: ACE Inhibitors Linked to Birth Defects
Some blood pressure drugs previously thought to be safe when taken early in pregnancy now appear to substantially raise the risk of major birth defects, doctors say. Babies whose mothers took ACE inhi... read more »
Jun. 7, 06: ACE inhibitors may raise birth defect risk
When pregnant women take ACE inhibitor medication during their first trimester, the risk of the infants having major malformations is more than doubled, according to a study in this week's New Englan... read more »
Jun. 7, 06: New Study Finds Increased Risk of Birth Defects Related to First Trimester Use of ACE Inhibitors
Infants born to mothers who took angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors during the first trimester of pregnancy had an increased risk of major congenital malformations compared with infants w... read more »
Jun. 7, 06: ACE inhibitors linked to birth defects
Some blood pressure drugs previously thought to be safe when taken early in pregnancy now appear to substantially raise the risk of major birth defects, doctors say. read more »
Jun. 7, 06: New Peril Is Seen in a Blood Pressure Drug
Doctors are reporting that ACE inhibitors may cause birth defects if taken during the first trimester of pregnancy, as they do if taken in the second or third. read more »
What is an ACE Inhibitor?
ACE inhibitors comprise a class of drugs that inhibit an enzyme responsible for constricting blood vessels. As a result, it widens the blood vessels, increasing the quantity of blood pumped and decreasing blood pressure. ACE stands for "angiotensin converting enzyme." Common ACE inhibitors include Capoten, Vasotec, Prinivil/Zestril, Lotensin, Monopril, Altace, Accupril, Aceon, Mavik, and Univasc. They are typically prescribed to regulate high blood pressure. They are also used after heart injuries and for heart attack prevention. A national survey indicated that 2.7 million women of childbearing age were prescribed an ACE inhibitor in 2002, and total prescriptions in 2005 reached 150 million.
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