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Enalapril, sold under the brand name Vasotec among others, is an ACE inhibitor medication used to treat high blood pressure, diabetic kidney disease, and heart failure. [5] For heart failure, it is generally used with a diuretic , such as furosemide . [ 6 ]
Enalaprilat is the active metabolite of enalapril. It is the first dicarboxylate-containing ACE inhibitor and was developed partly to overcome these limitations of captopril. The thiol functional group of captopril was replaced with a carboxylic acid group, but additional modifications were required to achieve a potency similar to captopril.
Enalapril/hydrochlorothiazide, sold under the brand name Vaseretic among others, is a fixed-dose combination medication used for the treatment of hypertension (high blood pressure). [2] It contains enalapril , an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor , and hydrochlorothiazide a diuretic . [ 2 ]
Dosage Note: bid = two times a day, tid = three times a day, d = daily Drug dosages from Drug Lookup, Epocrates Online. Name Equivalent daily dose Start Usual Maximum Benazepril: 10 mg: 10 mg: 20–40 mg: 80 mg Captopril: 50 mg (25 mg bid) 12.5–25 mg bid-tid: 25–50 mg bid-tid: 150 mg/d Enalapril: 5 mg: 5 mg: 10–40 mg: 40 mg Fosinopril: 10 ...
An equianalgesic chart can be a useful tool, but the user must take care to correct for all relevant variables such as route of administration, cross tolerance, half-life and the bioavailability of a drug. [5] For example, the narcotic levorphanol is 4–8 times stronger than morphine, but also has a much longer half-life. Simply switching the ...
Hydrochlorothiazide, sold under the brand name Hydrodiuril among others, is a diuretic medication used to treat hypertension and swelling due to fluid build-up. [4] Other uses include treating diabetes insipidus and renal tubular acidosis and to decrease the risk of kidney stones in those with a high calcium level in the urine. [4]
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Deaths from single-drug benzodiazepine overdoses occur infrequently, [3] particularly after the point of hospital admission. [4] However, combinations of high doses of benzodiazepines with alcohol , barbiturates , opioids or tricyclic antidepressants are particularly dangerous, and may lead to severe complications such as coma or death.