Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Some blood pressure drugs may help protect against dementia, study shows
Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, August 9th, 2009
Research suggests that some of the drugs classified as angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, specifically those types of ACE inhibitors that affect the brain by crossing the blood-brain barrier, may reduce inflammation that could contribute to the development of Alzheimer's disease, a major cause of dementia.
The study appears in the current issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
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