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But, while ACE-inhibitors and ARBs are still underutilized, there has been a dramatic increase in their use. In the past decade, the use of these drugs doubled among people over age 60 with CKD, from 16 percent to 32 percent of patients, and nearly half of those who also had diabetes or hypertension or congestive heart failure used them.

"We could prevent or delay a lot more kidney failure, simply by using the box of tools that are already in the trunk," said Josephine P. Briggs, M.D., a kidney specialist and director of NIDDK's Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases.

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Contact: Mary M. Harris
Mary_Harris@nih.gov
301-435-8114
NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
11-Oct-2005

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