Los inhibidores de la enzima convertidora de angiotensina, conocidos como inhibidores de la ECA, son medicamentos que se usan para prevenir, tratar o mejorar los síntomas de afecciones como presión arterial alta, enfermedad de las arterias coronarias, insuficiencia cardíaca y diabetes. Estos medicamentos pueden causar una tos crónica que puede afectar su calidad de vida.

Una tos inducida por ACE ocurre en aproximadamente el 10% de los que toman el medicamento, aunque algunos estudios muestran tasas aún más altas. La tos puede desarrollarse a las pocas horas de tomar la primera dosis o incluso semanas o meses después.

Síntomas

Esta tos es típicamente seca con unacosquillas o sensación de rascado en la garganta.

Tratamiento

Debe consultar a su médico, quien discutirá si debe cambiar su medicamento.

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Jeffrey M. Rothschild, MD, MPH.

Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Dr. Rothschild has been a faculty member at Brigham and Women’s Hospital where he is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He currently practices as a hospitalist at Newton Wellesley Hospital. In 1978, Dr. Rothschild received his MD at the Medical College of Wisconsin and trained in internal medicine followed by a fellowship in critical care medicine. He also received an MP...

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