I think it's amusing that I take losartan (actually a version combined with HCTZ, a diuretic) for my blood pressure.  I'm trying to think if my allergies have been any better.  I haven't had the eczema flares on my hands that I've had the past few years.

This is really promising--  losartan and lisinopril are ACE inhibitors-- NOT beta blockers.  (Though also not without some risk re: epi, because they still interact with that angiotensin pathway--http://journals.lww.com/anesthesiology/Fulltext/1996/04000/Long_term_Angiotensin_converting_Enzyme_Inhibitor.5.aspx] [url]http://journals.lww.com/anesthesiology/Fulltext/1996/04000/Long_term_Angiotensin_converting_Enzyme_Inhibitor.5.aspx[/url] )

On the other hand, I know several people who have been treated with one or the other for many years without any appreciable improvement in allergic disease that was pre-existing.

It could be that it only works as a preventative.  Which would still be pretty awesome, just not for those of us at FAS who already have LTFA.

Pretty fascinating stuff-- this is the line of inquiry that Boo and I were both so intrigued by a few years back.  It also makes me wonder something....


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