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Contraindications of different coexisting conditions

Authoring team

Urinary incontinence:

  • alpha blockers are contraindicated (1)

Gout:

  • diuretics may precipitate gout

Heart failure:

  • rate-limiting calcium antagonists are contraindicated

Heart block

  • beta-blockers and rate-limiting calcium antagonists are contraindicated

Asthma and COPD:

  • beta blockers are contraindicated

Peripheral vascular disease:

  • beta blockers; ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor antagonists are used with caution because of an association with renal artery stenosis

Renal artery stenosis:

  • ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor antagonists are contraindicated

Reference:

  • BMJ (1999), 319, 630-5.

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