Thanks for the link....sheds even more insight into the link b/n MS and high bp
just google lisinopril and M.S. as every time I post the link it leaves off the end:
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1739353/cheap_blood_pressure_drug_could_
treat_multiple_sclerosis/
sorry it cut the link off
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1739353/cheap_blood_pressure_drug_could_treat_multiple_sclerosis/
Here's a statement from another website (http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jv6nh30O0e7ydhqQO0GGldkpxnkw)......."Strikingly, if it was given after the mice developed full-blown symptoms, lisinopril reversed their paralysis."
This is the second real promising discovery i've seen in the past week or so. I really hope this EAE in mice is close enough to human MS to allow for similar results
My brother called me from U.K. today and told me that there was an article in the daily newspaper about Lisinopril and MS. I googled it:
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1739353/cheap_blood_pressure_drug_could_treat_multiple_sclerosis/
This is interesting news.
Marcie
Yeah i hope so also...But am really interested in how angiotensin is involved in the inflammatory process which cud suggest a vascular component to MS. The one thing that was mentioned is that it stimulates the production of immuno-suppresant T-cells or regulator T-Cells .
This is really interesting. It would be wonderful if there is a connection between MS and angiotensin and they could treat with a pill. Let's hope that it will be safe and does the same thing that it did in mice.