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ACE inhibitors are linked to increased lung cancer risk, study finds

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From British Medical Journal

bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k4471

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hi did they mention an antidote or some herb or medicine to counteract other diseases while the ace inhibitors thanks ed

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seasider18 in reply to jim444

No.

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It's a subscriber article, so can't read anything apart from headline.

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Googling the headline brings up many articles on it. This is the NHS one:

nhs.uk/news/medication/bloo...

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helixhelix in reply to seasider18

Yes those NHS articles are good. Basically answers the question too....a storm in a teacup.

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yes in reading the article there appears to be a very low risk ----if a person followed the normal health tips ----re exercise healthy diet cut out cigs and excessive alchol etc etc one wiold avoid these dises anyway-------it is quiet possible that as time goes research will find drugs will cause other conditions in humans as they have banned certain drugs down through the years for the reason nhs mentioned about the ace drugs ed

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I stopped smoking in 1993 but I can't get away from air pollution. They call our main street Gasoline Alley because of the pollution from the two bus lanes.

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