ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME is blocked
Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone Pathway

 

less ANGIOTENSIN II is made

 

 

 

 

Adrenal cortex secretes less ALDOSTERONE

 

 

 

Increase

Decrease

 

 

A man has taken an ACE inhibitor, which will decrease his production of angiotensin II and aldosterone. Will his urine potassium levels increase or decrease?