ACE-inhibitors...

hi all, one of the commenest and important drugs in medicine are the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (captopril).... last researches showed that it may cause coomb's +ve hemolytic anaemia.... so one of the causes of refractory anaemia to erythropoietin treatment in patients with CRF is CAPOTEN...(it is used because of it's beneficial effect in halting the decline in GFR and progression of CRF by controlling the intraglomerular pressure)....

thanks for this new information..can u tell us the reference ? from where did u get this ?

i heard this information one day from one of the board students (mustafa abdul fatah), at first i didnt believe it till i askes dr. mohammed wehaib and dr. Qassim mohammed sultan and they confirmed this information for me...