A medication-related dry cough is a common side effect of ACE inhibitors, which doctors often prescribe to treat high blood pressure. A cough affects about 20% of people who take these medications. In one study, about 19 percent of people taking this class of medication discontinued it because of the side effects, mostly the dry, persistent cough.

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