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TwitterLisonopril: Could hold key to battling MSA cheap blood pressure drug could hold the key to combating multiple sclerosis. An MS expert has shown that the tablets taken by millions to lower blood pressure can also ease the symptoms – and even reverse paralysis. Lawrence Steinman made the link when he researched the Lisinopril pills he was prescribed for high blood pressure. Drugs currently used to treat MS, in which the immune system turns on the body, are of limited effectiveness and do not work for everyone. Some cost up to £15,000 a year.
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The 2p blood pressure pill that ‘holds multiple sclerosis at bay’
August 18th, 2009 
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