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ramipril (ALTACE)

• benazepril (ETHEX, LOTENSIN); benazepril and hydrochlorothiazide (LOTENSIN HCT); captopril (CAPOTEN); captopril and hydrochlorothiazide (CAPOZIDE); enalapril (VASOTEC); enalapril and hydrochlorothiazide (VASERETIC); fosinopril (MONOPRIL); lisinopril (PRINIVIL, ZESTRIL); lisinopril and hydrochlorothiazide (PRINZIDE, ZESTORETIC); moexipril (UNIVASC); perindopril (ACEON); quinapril (ACCUPRIL); ramipril (ALTACE); trandolapril (MAVIK)

• High Blood Pressure [hide all summaries]
  A study of nutritional therapy showed that over one-third of people who previously needed drug treatment for high blood pressure were able to adequately control their blood pressure with nutritional therapy alone.Several factors should be taken into account when considering whether your high blood pressure should be treated. One is the benefits of the treatment for your blood pressure, which vary significantly depending on how high it is, your age, and whether you have other risk factors such as high cholesterol or are a smoker or a diabetic, and whether you have had a heart attack, heart failure, a stroke, or have kidney damage. The other consideration is the risks or the adverse effects of the treatment, which will vary depending on what is being considered.

• Lithium Toxicity Due to Drug Interactions [hide all summaries]
  (January 2010)
  This article lists a large number of drugs, used to treat high blood pressure and other carediovascular disease, that can interact harmfully with lithium (ESKALITH; LITHOBID; LITHONATE;generic lithium carbonate), drugs used to treat bipolar (manic/depressive) disorder. This may result in a dangerous condition known as lithium toxicity because these drugs stop the body from getting rid of lithium and lithium blood levels are increased; in severe cases, this can cause seizures, coma and even death. The article also lists other symptoms of lithium toxicity.
• Update on Drugs that Can Cause High Blood Potassium [hide all summaries]
  (December 2008)
  This article lists 68 drugs that can cause high blood potassium (hyperkalemia) that can result in nausea, fatigue, muscle weakness or tingling sensations, as well as heart abnormalities (showing up as an abnormal electrocardiogram). In some cases it can be fatal. If you are taking any of these drugs, be especially careful if you have diabetes or kidney disease. If so, you are at increased risk, and your doctor will have to weigh the risk of giving you these drugs. Also, the older you are, the more likely you are to develop hyperkalemia. Also, make sure you are receiving appropriate laboratory monitoring.
• The Case Against The Diabetes Drug Rosiglitazone (AVANDIA) [hide all summaries]
  (December 2006)
  In addition, there was an almost significant 37 percent excess in the rosiglitazone group of what the authors called cardiovascular events composite, comprised of heart attacks, strokes, cardiovascular deaths, heart failure, the appearance of new angina attacks, and the need for heart surgery such as bypass or angioplasty. You have a greater likelihood of preventing type 2 diabetes by improving your diet and getting a moderate amount of exercise than by taking a prescription drug. The effects of such a change in lifestyle can last a lifetime.
• FDA Public Health Advisory: Birth Defects with High Blood Pressure-Lowering Drugs Containing Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitors [hide all summaries]
  (August 2006)
  Because of the risk of birth defects, you should contact your physician immediately if you are pregnant and are taking either an ACE or ARB inhibitor at any stage in pregnancy. DO NOT discontinue a blood pressure-lowering drug without first consulting the prescriber.

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