Can perindopril be used for becker muscular dystrophy to delay heart failure?
- Posted:
- 7 Nov 2009 by bmd
- Topics:
- heart failure, high blood pressure, heart attack, heart disease, left ventricular dysfunction, coronary artery disease (cad), myocardial infarction, perindopril, congestive heart failure, hypertension
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Marvell20 Nov 2009
From my research Becker's Muscular Dystrophy is very similar to Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, except that it gets worse at a much slower rate.
I couldn't find any information about Perindopril being used in Becker's Muscular dystrophy but it is certainly used in Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy with success to preserve left ventricular function. So I am assuming is is used in Becker's Muscular Dystrophy as well.
http://www.drugs.com/enc/becker-s-muscular-dystrophy.html
http://eurheartjsupp.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/9/suppl_E/E20.pdf
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