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<blockquote data-quote="michaelho" data-source="post: 589438" data-attributes="member: 99739">As a pharmacist and a type 2 diabetic, you need to learn more about your medications! The family of &#039;ACE Inhibitors&#039; ie like all drugs with ending of &#039;april&#039; can cause a cough. Different drugs within the family cause different levels of cough. Even if you have a cough with one sort, you can change to another and be OK. However when you have &#039;the cough&#039; you know about it. Having also run a B&amp;B I&#039;ve observed guests who had a persistent dry cough every 20 seconds or so. I&#039;d ask them &quot;are you taken tablets for high blood pressure&quot;? And they&#039;d say &quot;YES&quot;. And I would advise them to return to their doctor and ask for a change of medication. They would telephone me later and say &quot; the cough has gone and thank you very much&quot;. So I think there may be a lack of information being given to patients from GP&#039;s. However, remember high blood pressure is a silent killer, so it&#039;s important to keep taking them (or an alternative) to reduce it. Don&#039;t just stop. Talk to your pharmacist or doctor!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="michaelho, post: 589438, member: 99739"] As a pharmacist and a type 2 diabetic, you need to learn more about your medications! The family of 'ACE Inhibitors' ie like all drugs with ending of 'april' can cause a cough. Different drugs within the family cause different levels of cough. Even if you have a cough with one sort, you can change to another and be OK. However when you have 'the cough' you know about it. Having also run a B&B I've observed guests who had a persistent dry cough every 20 seconds or so. I'd ask them "are you taken tablets for high blood pressure"? And they'd say "YES". And I would advise them to return to their doctor and ask for a change of medication. They would telephone me later and say " the cough has gone and thank you very much". So I think there may be a lack of information being given to patients from GP's. However, remember high blood pressure [B][I]is a silent killer[/I][/B], so it's important to keep taking them (or an alternative) to reduce it. Don't just stop. Talk to your pharmacist or doctor! [/QUOTE]

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