Zestril 10 mg

Indication

ACE inhibitor used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension), symptomatic heart failure, short-term treatment within 24 hours after a heart attack (acute myocardial infarction) in stable patients, and kidney disease in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes and early nephropathy.

Ingredients

• Lisinopril (as lisinopril dihydrate) 10 mg

Direction

Take once daily at about the same time each day, with or without food, swallowed with water, exactly as prescribed by your doctor. For hypertension the usual starting dose is 10 mg once daily and the usual maintenance dose is 20 mg once daily; lower starting doses are used in heart failure, kidney impairment or with diuretics. Do not stop taking it without medical advice.

Side effects

• Dizziness
• headache
• low blood pressure when standing up.
• Dry persistent cough
• diarrhoea
• vomiting.
• Kidney problems
• rarely high blood potassium
• angioedema or changes in blood counts.
• Consult a doctor or pharmacist before use and stop if irritation or allergy occurs.

Precautions

• Prescription medicine: use only under medical supervision.
• Do not use if you have had angioedema (swelling of the face
• lips
• tongue or throat)
• with sacubitril/valsartan
• or in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy
• stop and see a doctor if pregnancy occurs.
• Seek urgent medical help for swelling of the face
• lips
• tongue or throat or difficulty breathing.
• May cause low blood pressure and dizziness
• especially at the start
• with diuretics or with dehydration
• kidney function and potassium should be monitored.
• Tell your doctor about potassium supplements
• salt substitutes
• potassium
• sparing diuretics
• lithium
• NSAIDs
• aliskiren or other blood pressure medicines.