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MrJones Recently Started Taking a Medication Called an ACE Inhibitor

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Mr.Jones recently started taking a medication called an ACE inhibitor.He called his doctor's office to ask why this medicine makes him light-headed and dizzy and learned these are symptoms related to low blood pressure.Explain to Mr.Jones why the ACE inhibitor would cause low blood pressure.


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Triple Bonds

Chemical bonds formed by the sharing of three pairs of electrons between two atoms, characteristic of alkynes in organic chemistry.

Methoxy

A functional group consisting of a methyl group bound to oxygen (-OCH3), commonly found in ethers.

Methylcyclohepta

Presumably refers to organic compounds containing a cycloheptane ring with one or more methyl groups attached, but the exact term is incomplete for specificity.

Compound

A substance formed when two or more chemical elements are chemically bonded together, distinguishable from mixtures by chemical formula.

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