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[QUOTE="JustbrewitMan, post: 3483194, member: 7806"]
This Lancet letter to the editor was one of the primary drivers for the concern ("hysteria"?):
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lanres/PIIS2213-2600(20)30116-8.pdf[/URL]

In response, the European Society for Cardiology has already published a position paper essentially saying [B]DON'T STOP TAKING YOUR ACE INHIBITOR OR ARB MEDICATIONS:[/B]

[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.escardio.org/Councils/Council-on-Hypertension-(CHT)/News/position-statement-of-the-esc-council-on-hypertension-on-ace-inhibitors-and-ang[/URL]

There are some [I][B]extrapolatory [/B][/I]data that do suggest that ARBs [B][I]might [/I][/B]provide some protection from severe outcomes from SARS-CoV-2 infections.

That video link I posted previously shows how if you take away ACE2's ability to do its job ([I]hypothetically[/I], the virus can bind it all up and might do this), you could end up with high Angiotensin II levels, which adversely affects your heart, kidneys, lungs, trigger inflammation, edema, electrolyte disturbances (increase risks for cardiac arrhythmias).

Fascinating stuff, to say the least, but no convincing data yet to guide treatment at this point.
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