Amelioration of enalapril-induced dry cough by changing dosing time from morning to evening; A preliminary trial

Japanese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 741-744

  Fujimura, Akio ^a   Ebihara, Akio ^b   Shiigai, Tatsuo ^b   Shimada, Kazuyuki ^a   Tagawa, Hitoshi ^b   Gomi, Tomoko ^b   Nakamura, Yuji ^b   Suzuki, Muneya ^b   Yokozuka, Hitoshi ^b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

ACE inhibitor; Chronotherapy; Dry cough; Enalapril

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORBIDITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042320824     PISSN: 03881601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3999/jscpt.30.741     Document Type: Article

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