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RM CAPTOPRIL 25MG TAB
RM CAPTOPRIL 25MG TAB
Medicine Information
What is this medicine used for?
- Hypertension: As monotherapy or as a component of a multiple-drug regimen in the stepped care approach.
- Heart Failure: Treatment of chronic heart failure with reduction of systolic ventricular function, in combination with diuretics and, when appropriate, digitalis and beta-blockers.
- Left Ventricular Dysfunction After Myocardial Infarction: To improve survival following myocardial infarction in clinically stable patients with left ventricular dysfunction manifested as an ejection fraction ≤40% and to reduce the incidence of overt heart failure and subsequent hospitalizations for congestive heart failure in these patients.
- Diabetic Nephropathy: Treatment of macroproteinuric diabetic nephropathy in patients with Type I diabetes.
How much and how often should you use this medicine?
General Dosing Recommendation: Captopril should be taken one hour before meals. Dosage must be individualized according to patient’s profile and blood pressure response.
Hypertension
Usual Initial Dose: 25 mg two or three times a day.
Heart Failure
Usual Initial Dose: 25 mg three times a day.
Left Ventricular Dysfunction after Myocardial Infarction
Initial Dose: After a single dose of 6.25 mg, captopril therapy should be initiated at 12.5 mg three times a day.
Maintenance Dose: 50 mg three times a day.
Contraindications
- Hypersensitivity to Captopril or any other ingredient.
- Diagnosed with angioneurotic edema.
- Pregnant or breastfeeding: may cause injury or death of the developing fetus.
- Antacids such as aluminum hydroxide, magnesium carbonate: impair absorption of the medicine.
- Aurothiomalate: facial flushing, vomiting, low blood pressure.
- Lithium: increased risk of lithium toxicity.
Availability
Captopril 25 mg Tablet-Box of 100’s (in flex foil by 10’s).
Indication
Treatment of chronic heart failure with reduction of systolic ventricular function, in combination with diuretics and, when appropriate, digitalis and beta-blockers
Ingredients
Each tablet contains: Captopril 25 mg
What is this medicine used for?
- Hypertension: As monotherapy or as a component of a multiple-drug regimen in the stepped care approach.
- Heart Failure: Treatment of chronic heart failure with reduction of systolic ventricular function, in combination with diuretics and, when appropriate, digitalis and beta-blockers.
- Left Ventricular Dysfunction After Myocardial Infarction: To improve survival following myocardial infarction in clinically stable patients with left ventricular dysfunction manifested as an ejection fraction ≤40% and to reduce the incidence of overt heart failure and subsequent hospitalizations for congestive heart failure in these patients.
- Diabetic Nephropathy: Treatment of macroproteinuric diabetic nephropathy in patients with Type I diabetes.
How much and how often should you use this medicine?
General Dosing Recommendation: Captopril should be taken one hour before meals. Dosage must be individualized according to patient’s profile and blood pressure response.
Hypertension
Usual Initial Dose: 25 mg two or three times a day.
Heart Failure
Usual Initial Dose: 25 mg three times a day.
Left Ventricular Dysfunction after Myocardial Infarction
Initial Dose: After a single dose of 6.25 mg, captopril therapy should be initiated at 12.5 mg three times a day.
Maintenance Dose: 50 mg three times a day.
Contraindications
- Hypersensitivity to Captopril or any other ingredient.
- Diagnosed with angioneurotic edema.
- Pregnant or breastfeeding: may cause injury or death of the developing fetus.
- Antacids such as aluminum hydroxide, magnesium carbonate: impair absorption of the medicine.
- Aurothiomalate: facial flushing, vomiting, low blood pressure.
- Lithium: increased risk of lithium toxicity.
Availability
Captopril 25 mg Tablet-Box of 100’s (in flex foil by 10’s).
Treatment of chronic heart failure with reduction of systolic ventricular function, in combination with diuretics and, when appropriate, digitalis and beta-blockers
Each tablet contains: Captopril 25 mg
Low stock: 10 left
