Study finds commonly used blood pressure medications safe for COVID-19 patients

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/uops-sfc010621.php

 

News Release 7-Jan-2021
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

 

Medications to treat high blood pressure did not affect outcomes among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, found an international team led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The study, published today in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, is the first randomized controlled trial to show there is no risk for patients continuing these medications while hospitalized for COVID-19.


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