QuestionSBA
QuestionChoice
This patient's dry cough is most likely to be caused by starting an ACE inhibitor, rather than an angiotensin II receptor antagonist (ARB) such as losartan.
10025024
e
Losartan
QuestionChoice
This patient's dry cough is most likely to be caused by starting an ACE inhibitor, rather than beginning Indapamide. Indapamide can cause patients to become constipated, cause hyperuricaemia or, in rare cases, agranulocytosis.
10025022
c
Indapamide
QuestionChoice
This patient's dry cough is most likely to have been caused by starting an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor such as Ramipril. When an ACE inhibitor is not tolerated in the treatment of hypertension, patients are offers an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) instead.
10025020
a
Ramipril
QuestionChoice
This patient's dry cough is most likely to be caused by starting an ACE inhibitor such as ramipril, rather than spironolactone.
10025021
b
Spironolactone
QuestionChoice
This patient's dry cough is most likely to be caused by starting an ACE inhibitor, not a calcium channel blocker like amlodipine. Calcium channel blockers can have a range of side effects, including abdominal pain, peripheral oedema or gingival hyperplasia.
10025023
d
Amlodipine
Concept
Chapter
2693
4215
ACE inhibitors
Topic
169
Cardiovascular pharmacology
17402
A 58-year-old man is started on a new medication for hypertension by his GP. Eight days later, he returns to his GP complaining of a dry cough.

Which of the following medications is the patient most likely to have been started on?
a