Blood pressure medication may improve Covid-19 survival rates – study

Researchers analysed data from 19 studies, involving more than 28,000 patients, related to coronavirus and ACEi and ARB medications

Covid-19 patients with high blood pressure who were taking the medications were 0.67 times less likely to have a critical or fatal outcome than those who were not.

Medication for high blood pressure could improve Covid-19 survival rates and reduce the severity of infection in patients with high blood pressure, a new study suggests.

Researchers studied 28,000 patients taking antihypertensives, a class of drugs that are used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure).