Can antihypertensive drugs cause coughing?

Some antihypertensive drugs can indeed cause coughing symptoms, such as fosinopril, captopril, enalapril, etc. So when a patient has cough symptoms after taking the above drugs, he or she needs to stop taking the above drugs. If the patient still has cough after stopping the above drugs, it is necessary to consider whether the cough is caused by other related diseases, such as cough variant asthma, pharyngitis, gastroesophageal reflux, etc. It is necessary to further improve the relevant tests to clarify the diagnosis and take appropriate treatment according to the diagnosis. If the patient has cough due to cough variant asthma, oral montelukast sodium and inhalation of budesonide formoterol can be administered. If the patient has cough due to gastroesophageal reflux, oral omeprazole and mosapride may be administered, and attention should be paid to the body position and diet.