A new study shows that widely used high blood pressure medications may help protect against the severe symptoms of Covid-19 disease, while calming fears that they can worsen the disease caused by infection with the Coronavirus.
In general, researchers said on Thursday in the European Heart Journal that the risk of death in hypertensive patients was twice as high as that of others, and they also had a greater need for ventilators.
But the risk of dying from Covid-19 among those taking any type of medication to control high blood pressure was much lower than those who were not treated for high blood pressure in the study that included about 2,900 patients admitted in February and March (Hu Shinshan) Hospital in City. Chinese Wuhan, the original center of the pandemic.
Numerous research has indicated that drugs may increase the severity of Covid-19 disease.
"We were very surprised that these results did not support our initial assumptions," said Li Li, a research associate with the study from Xi'an Hospital in Xi'an, China. In fact, the results were in the opposite direction. ”
He told me that the evidence so far is the result of observational studies and not clinical trials, but for the time being "we suggest that people not stop or change the usual treatment for high blood pressure unless the doctor orders it."
The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association recommend that patients continue to take their high blood pressure medications.
Dr. Luis Roelop of the October 12 Hospital in Madrid said in an editorial in the journal that the results open the door to the possibility of studying the use of these drugs as a treatment for Covid-19.

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