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Cocaine and perindopril
Can you take an ACE INHIBITOR after doing cocaine? Would it help reduce the hypertension?
Thanks
1 Answer
cocaine is a chronotropic- affecting heart rate- and ionotropic- increasing strengh of contraction- drug for the heart muscle.
It also constricts blood vessels- that's why ENT surgeons use it for topical anesthesia, because it decreases bleeding.
Faster heart rate +increased strength of contraction against increased resistenc (constricted blood vessels) equals elevated blood pressure. So, by using cocaine, your blood pressure med probably doesn't work and you're setting yourself up for stroke, heart attack, kidney failure, etc. \