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Question:
Can Ramipril be prescribed for a hypertensive woman who has diabetes?
Ramipril 1.25mg can be given to 40 year old diabetic woman whose blood pressure is 160/100mm Hg?
submitted by Sunil from India on 12/13/2013
Answer:
by Texas Heart Institute cardiologist, Roberto Lufschanowski, MD
It can be given if the renal function is normal.
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Updated December 2013
