Lisinopril

An estimated 1.3 billion people worldwide suffer from hypertension, i.e. high blood pressure. Most of these people are between the ages of 30 and 80. If you are among these people, you will undoubtedly benefit from Lisinopril, which has long been a proven drug not only in United Kingdom, but throughout the world. A drug that lowers blood pressure and dilates arteries rather than veins. Hurry up and read about this drug: its effects, indications for use and side effects during use.

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What Lisinopril Is And How It Affects The Body

Lisinopril is an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor. It reduces total peripheral vascular resistance, blood pressure, preload, pulmonary capillary pressure, increases minute blood volume and myocardial exercise tolerance in patients with chronic heart failure. The drug starts to act after 1 hour, the maximum effect is determined after 6-7 hours and the action lasts for 24 hours.

Indications

Lisinopril is indicated for the following diseases and conditions:

• for the treatment and prevention of high blood pressure (hypertension, HTN);
• for the treatment of heart failure
• during acute myocardial infarction (in the first 24 hours, as part of combination therapy)
• for the treatment of renal diseases caused by type II diabetes mellitus in hypertensive patients.
• In diabetic patients, Lisinopril helps prevent progression of renal disease and reduces proteinuria.

Contraindications To Use

However, as wonderful as the drug is, it always has at least some contraindications to its use. These are hypersensitivity to lisinopril or other components of the drug, angioedema, also due to the use of ACE inhibitors, hereditary or idiopathic angioedema, pregnancy and lactation, and age below 18 years.

What Are The Side Effects Of Lisinopril?

In some cases, the drug causes the following side effects: dry cough, Quincke’s oedema, decreased blood pressure, headache, extreme tiredness, nausea, diarrhoea, skin rash, altered taste, chest pain, neutropenia, agranulocytosis, pancreatitis, proteinuria, hyperkalaemia.

If you experience any of the side effects, consult your doctor.

Dosage and Administration

Lisinopril should be taken orally once a day, at approximately the same time of day, regardless of meals.

The individual dosage can only be determined by your doctor after diagnosis. It may not correspond to the recommended doses described below.

In the treatment of hypertension, the recommended starting dose is 10 mg once daily, while the usual dose for long-term use is 20 mg once daily.