High blood pressure medicine

Any prescription medicine here should be consulted with your doctor or health care provider before use it.


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1. Aceon (Perindopril)
Aceon (Perindopril) is a medication which lowers blood pressure by relaxing blood vessels.
High blood pressure levels can damage your kidneys, and may lead to a stroke or heart failure.
You should contact your doctor or health care provider before use this medicine and explain to them about autoimmune disease such as lupus (or suppressed immune function), previous swelling of the tongue, face (or lips with difficulty breathing), difficulty swallowing, hoarseness (or tightening of the throat - angioedema), bone marrow disease, diabetes, heart (or blood vessel disease), low blood pressure, kidney disease, if you are on a special diet such as a low-salt diet, an unusual or allergic reaction to perindopril, other ACE inhibitors, foods, dyes (or preservatives), pregnant or trying to get pregnant and breast-feeding

Usage Take perindopril tablets by mouth one hour before meals.
Follow the directions on the prescription label.
Swallow the tablets with a drink of water. Take your doses at regular intervals.
Do not take your medicine more often than directed.
Do not stop taking perindopril except on your prescriber's advice.

Contact your pediatrician or health care professional regarding the use of this medicine in children.
Special care may be needed.

2. Adalat (Nifedipine)
Adalat (Nifedipine) is a type of antihistamine that blocks the release of stomach acid.
It is used to treat stomach and intestinal ulcers.
It can relieve ulcer pain and discomfort.
Adalat (Nifedipine) is also used to control acid reflux (heartburn).

People whose take this medication should take contact their doctor or health care provider about an alcohol abuse problem, bleeding such as in your stool or any vomiting with blood, kidney disease, liver disease, other chronic illness, phenylketonuria, trouble swallowing, an unusual or allergic reaction to famotidine (other medicines, foods, dyes, or preservatives), pregnant or trying to get pregnant and breast-feeding.

Usage
Take Adalat (Nifedipine) tablets or gelcaps by mouth.
Follow the directions on the prescription label.
Swallow the tablets or gelcaps with a drink of water.
If you only take Adalat (Nifedipine) once a day, take it at bedtime.
Take your doses at regular intervals.
Do not take your medicine more often than directed.
Contact your pediatrician or health care professional regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.

3. Aldactone (Spironolactone)
Aldactone (Spironolactone) is is a diuretic and is used as an antiandrogen to treat for edema, hypertension, diuretic-induced hypokalemia, and cirrhosis of the liver with ascites.
It is a synthetic 17-lactone drug which is a renal competitive aldosterone antagonist in a class of pharmaceuticals called potassium-sparing diuretics, used primarily to treat ascites in patients with liver disease, low-renin hypertension, hypokalemia, and Conn's syndrome as well as high blood pressure.

Due to its anti-androgen effect, it can also be used to treat hirsutism, and is a common component in hormone therapy for male-to-female transsexual and transgendered people.
It is also used for treating hair loss and acne in women and can be used as a topical medication for treatment of male hairloss.

4. Altace (Ramipril)
Altace (Ramipril) is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, used to treat hypertension and congestive heart failure.
ACE inhibitors lower the production of angiotensin II, therefore relaxing arterial muscles while at the same time enlarging the arteries, allowing the heart to pump blood more easily, and increasing blood flow due to more blood being pumped into and through larger passageways.

Altace (Ramipril) is a prodrug and is converted to the active metabolite ramiprilat by liver esterase enzymes. It is mostly excreted by the kidneys.
The half-life of ramiprilat is variable (3-16 hours), and is prolonged by heart and liver failure, as well as kidney failure.

Indications for its use include:
  • Mild to moderate hypertension
  • Congestive heart failure
  • Following myocardial infarction in patients with clinical evidence of heart failure
  • Susceptible patients over 55 years: prevention of myocardial infarction, stroke, cardiovascular death or need of revascularization procedures
  • Also ramipril has been known to be abused as a downer
Cautions
  • Do not take potassium supplements without seeking medical advice
  • Do not take during pregnancy
Side-effects
  • may cause swelling of the mouth, tongue, or throat
  • low blood sugar in patients taking other medicine for diabetes which shows as sweating or shakiness
  • persistent dry cough, dizziness, and light-headedness due to low blood pressure
Dose
  • 2.5 to 20 mg per day
  • initial dose of 1.25mg per day
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