They are often used alongside angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, such as Accupril, Zestril and Prinivil.

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Drugs included angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) and diuretics, with NSAIDs.

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Once it's clear that broken heart syndrome is the cause of your symptoms, your doctor will likely prescribe heart medications for you to take while you're in the hospital, such as angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, beta blockers or diuretics.

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Three other companies that Jenner and Markowitz own are working on a different class of enzyme-attacking drugs called polymerase inhibitors.

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Januvia and Galvus are the leaders of a new class of medicines called DPP-4 inhibitors, which block an enzyme (dipeptyl peptidase 4).

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Thus far the most promising new class of such enzyme-attacking drugs looks to be protease inhibitors, best known for combating the progress of HIV infections in the body.

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Inhibitors work by curbing the action of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), which governs the release of angiotensin-2.

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Cox-2 inhibitors, developed with much hype in the mid-1990s, block an enzyme called cyclooxygenase-2, in so doing shutting off a wide-reaching cascade of biochemical signals that take the form of fats called prostaglandins.

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