Capoten (Captopril)

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What is Generic Capoten?

The drug Capoten is an excellent tool to combat the causes, symptoms and complications of hypertension. Thanks to well-designed mechanism of action these tablets, in most cases, do not have side effects. The mechanism of action of the drug Captopril which use significantly improves the condition of patients with certain clinical conditions.

Generic Capoten is used as a "fast" means at hypertensive crises when it is an urgent need to lower the pressure. Action of pills Capoten lasts no more than 4-5 hours!

In what kind of disease treatment Capoten is helpful?

Indications for use of it:

  • Hypertensive heart disease including its forms which are resistant to other classes of medication for hypertension;
  • Malignant hypertension especially when combined with hypertension or angina, congestive heart failure;
  • Renovascular hypertension - due to problems with the blood vessels of the kidneys;
  • Emergency assistance for hypertensive crises (chew the tablet under the tongue and hold);
  • Renault parenchymal hypertension in chronic or rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (primary and secondary);
  • High blood pressure in bronchial asthma;
  • Diabetic nephropathy;
  • Congestive heart failure particularly with little effect on cardiac glycosides or their combination with a diuretic;
  • Conn's syndrome - primary hyperaldosteronism.

Reviews of Generic Capoten showed that it has significant advantages in the treatment of hypertension and heart failure:

  • Significantly reduces the mortality from cardiovascular diseases;
  • It lowers blood pressure is not worse than products from other major classes of medication for hypertension;
  • Generic Capoten is very safe for the treatment of patients with middle and old age;
  • It has the ability to slow the development of kidney disease - renal disease - including diabetic;
  • No effect on male potency;
  • It has antioxidant activity;
  • It is proved that reduces the incidence of cancer is more effective than other classes of drugs;
  • Treatment of these tablets is often cheaper cost with approximately equal efficiency.

What should I tell my health care provider before I take Generic Capoten?

If you purchase Generic Capoten online then you should know about contraindications to the appointment of it:

  • Pregnancy and breast-feeding;
  • Bilateral renal artery stenosis;
  • Stenosis of the artery only functioning kidney;
  • Severe azotemia - increased blood levels of nitrogenous metabolic products output by the kidneys;
  • Marked liver function abnormalities;
  • Hypotension.

How should I take Capoten?

This drug should be taken internally.

Dosage information     

Official guide to the drug in chronic heart failure recommends starting with a dosage of 6.25 mg 2-3 times a day. Then, the dosage can be gradually increased at intervals of not less than 2 weeks. After the first dose of 6.25 mg it is recommended to measure the patient’s blood pressure every 30 minutes during the first 3 hours to evaluate the effect of the drug. Its average maintenance dose is 25 mg 2-3 times a day.

Hypertension guide recommends starting taking it with a dosage of 25 mg 2 times a day. The second option - 3 times a day to 12.5 mg. The dosage of tablets is specified by the results of blood pressure monitoring at home and in hospital. The maximum dosage in hypertension is 50 mg three times a day. If you buy Generic Capoten without prescription – read the instruction which you can find in the package.

What may interact with Generic Capoten?       

If you take the drug simultaneously with potassium-sparing diuretics or potassium supplements this can lead to hyperkalemia - increased level of potassium in the blood. Together appointment with lithium salts - in the serum concentration of lithium may increase. If you take it concurrently with Allopurinol or Procainamide it increases the chance of neutropenia and / or Stevens-Johnson syndrome. The use of this drug in patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy increases the risk of hematological disorders (diseases of the blood system).

The following drugs weaken or slow down the effect of medication on lowering blood pressure:

  • Indomethacin (and possibly other non-steroidal anti-inflammatories);
  • Estrogens;
  • Clonidine.

What should I watch for while taking Capoten?

Patients with autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus, white blood cell count during the first 3 months of captopril therapy should be monitored every 2 weeks, and then - 1 time in 2 months. If the level drops in 2 times of the original, the drug must be cancelled. At the first sign of any infection - see a doctor immediately.

You cannot arbitrarily to discontinue the medication, change its dosage or dosing frequency. This can be done only after consultation with a doctor - a personal visit or by telephone. Address to the doctor in an urgent need if there is vomiting, diarrhea, excessive sweating. Because due to the increased loss of body fluid can cause severe hypotension - an excessive fall in blood pressure which causes myocardial infarction.

What side effects may I notice from Generic Capoten?

In rare cases, the use of causes the development of side effects of Generic Capoten: orthostatic hypotension, a dramatic decrease in blood pressure below normal, increased heart rate. The nervous system shows adverse reactions: dizziness, headache, asthenia, feelings of apathy and fatigue.

Urinary system and water-electrolyte metabolism: acidosis, hyperkalemia, increased urea concentration, impaired renal activity. Also available are a variety of allergic reactions manifesting as urticaria, anaphylactic shock, angioedema, pruritus, rash, bronchospasm and others.

And the manifestation of disorders of the digestive system: the occurrence of vomiting, diarrhea or constipation on the other hand, loss of appetite, abdominal pain. Clinically can be increased transaminase activity of "liver" origin, hyperbilirubinemia. Less manifest development of cholestasis, pancreatitis and hepatitis. And others such as edema legs, fatigue, cough. Most often such symptoms pass after cancellation and discontinuation.

Where can I keep Capoten?

Store the drug in a dry place, out of reach of children. Also you can buy Generic Capoten online. For example at Poland online pharmacy.

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