Biased safety reporting in blinded randomized clinical trials: meta-analysis of angiotensin receptor blocker trials.

BACKGROUND: Cough is listed as an adverse drug reaction (ADR) on the labels of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB). However, a causal association with cough has also been reported for angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI), which have frequently been used as comparator drugs in the registra...

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Main Authors: Nobuyoshi Takabayashi, Hisashi Urushihara, Koji Kawakami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3781030?pdf=render