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ACE Inhibitors
Health Canada reminds women not to use ACE inhibitors during pregnancy
Jun 29, 2006
| Health Canada
Health Canada is advising women not to use blood pressure medication known as ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitors during pregnancy due to...
Blood Pressure Drugs Linked To Birth Defects
Jun 20, 2006
| www.toronto.fashion-monitor.com
ACE inhibitors, drugs commonly used to treat high blood pressure, have been linked to birth defects if taken by the expectant mother during the first...
Medication risky in first trimester, study shows
Jun 8, 2006
| Washington Post
A popular class of blood pressure medicines thought to be safe in the first trimester of pregnancy appears to cause serious birth defects in about 7...
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor (ACE inhibitor) Drugs and Pregnancy
Jun 8, 2006
| www.fda.gov
On June 8, 2006, the New England Journal of Medicine published an article reporting that infants whose mothers had taken an angiotensin-converting...
ACE inhibitors linked to birth defects
Jun 7, 2006
| AP
Some blood pressure drugs previously thought to be safe when taken early in pregnancy now appear to substantially raise the risk of major birth...
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