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Despite good blood pressure control, a nurse practitioner might change a patient’s drug from an acei to an arb because the arb:

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The nurse practitioner might change the patients drug to an Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker or ARB because this drug “does not produce a dry, hacky cough” which is opposite to the ACEI.

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“does not produce a dry, hacky cough”

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