ALTACE Reviews (RAMIPRIL)

Average Rating: 2.6 (265 Ratings)

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ALTACE  (RAMIPRIL):  Ramipril is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. Ramipril is also used to improve survival after a heart attack. It may also be used in high risk patients (such as patients with heart disease/diabetes) to help prevent heart attacks and strokes. This medication may also be used to treat heart failure in patients who have had a recent heart attack. Ramipril is an ACE inhibitor and works by relaxing blood vessels so that blood can flow more easily.   FDA Approval Date: 1991-01-28 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 4  chronic high blood pressure only at first - constant extreme dizziness, felt like I might just slide off the chair,(DO NOT TAKE ALTACE w/a diuretic) now only lightheadedness, slight but daily. I drink too much coffee to offset the brain fog. Fingers occasionally become numb/green-grayish and hurt, especially in cold weather-circulation problem maybe. BP was around 185/50, now always very near 120/80. Most slight changes were managed by just keeping busy and not worrying about the minor discomforts. Once I ran out of Altace and BP shot up and I felt extremely anxious/tense and very tightly wrapped-it was awful-never again. New Doctor/Cardiologist says keep it up - 10 mg per day. Also just started taking 5 mg Crestor and baby aspirin. I would recommend Altace. Only side effects I feel now after 10 years is a slight brain fog and occasional sore-numb fingers. Stay as active as you can-move, move, move-that really helps combat the brain fog. Brisk walking a few times a day is easy and works. F 54 10 years
2/13/2008
 5  HBP--10mg daily Maybe excessive urination, including once every middle of night. BP hovers around 110/70. I feel it works. Leg muscles usually sore, but I also run and lift weights (including squats and lunges). During rest period due to recent knee injury, I felt no muscle pain. So I am convinced pains not caused by drug. M 60 4.5 years
1/20/2008
 2  BP Fatigue, weight gain,prolonged headaches, joint and muscle pain, increased bacl issues. Some sexual dysfunction but I am also on an SSRI which would also cause this. Snoring at night due to very dry throat and this wakes me up 4 or more times a night. Can't make it through the day because of tiredness. Experienced a period of high anxiety and was placed on an SSRI and of course this led to even more side effects such as decreased sexual function and libido. As one writer said, the joy almost went out of life. I need to review my lifestyle and get of the meds. Now taking up to 40mg per day and BP is really not much improved. I have been steadily suffering ongoing and increasing major fatigue which has impacted my social and professional life very badly. Motivation levels for all things pleasure almost gone. Just too tired to get up and go. I started to search the www and found this page. Wow, could this med be part of the problem? My wife is also on same meds and she is so tired she spends 15 hours a day in bed, gained 30lb and has worsened menopause symptoms. She has dry cough all night and major joint and muscel problems. So, OK, it could be old age (57 for both of us) but why don;t the Dr's tell us about these issues when they prescribe this stuff. Perhaps the free golf trips they get, makes them overlook these facts. I also believe it should be everyones business to be their own doctors and to own their own health problems. If you are fat, lose weight, if you are tired, exercise. Don't smoke, don't drink too much, relax and enjoy your l M 57 4 years
1/15/2008
 2  Blood Pressue Bad cough day and night, headaces, did not lower BP in one month. Took 2.5MG first two weeks, then 10MG for two weeks. Went back to MD because I thought I had Viral Pnumonia. He knew what was wrong before he even checked me. Symptoms got worse after my MD pulled me off them. Said cough would be gone in two or three weeks. Its been 4 days and everything is the same. M 52 30 days
1/7/2008
 1  HBP Tiredness all day,Severe itching around my anus, Always seemed "run down" My activity level was greatly reduced. Exercise was impossible. The D.O. I went to got me up to 20mg after a couple weeks, it wasn't too bad at first but I just kept feeling worse. Went to a simple "water pill" and things are much better, my BP is about the same. M 48 20 months
1/4/2008
 3  blood pressure After just 2 weeks on this med, I started to experience a tickle in my throat that lead to a dry cough. I almost immediately experienced gas and got diarrhea after starting the meds. The diarrhea has been daily. F 45 2 weeks
1/1/2008
 3  HBP UnKnown M 48 4 years
12/28/2007
 3  high blood pressure I took altace for about 6 years. it started to become ineffective. My pressure was up to 190/90. Increasing the dose did not seem to help. Also I started having severe pain in my hips. I was doing about 12 mi per week on a treadmill and had to stop. When I quit Altace the hip pain was reduced by about 50% in a matter of days, and in about a month was gone altogether. Also experienced ed. Specialist told me that this was common with all blood pressure medication. M 59 6 years
12/27/2007
 2  High Blood pressure After trying Norvasc this was a pleasant relief. Started on 2.5mg but didn't get my BP under control. Went to 5mg but I started to cough too much and it only moderately improved my blood pressure. F 54 7 days
12/22/2007
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12/19/2007
 3  high blood pressure Tickling throat - no cough yet. Sneezing like crazy though. Headaches everyday and I'm so tired!!!! I take the 5mg at night so at least I get a good nights sleep.I just started taking the pills but I felt the side effects IMMIDIETLY. F 28 10 days
12/17/2007
 1  mitral valve regurgitation Dr. put me on 5 mg/d altace even though bp was only averaging 124/74. After 12 weeks bp has not changed but have leg crampos and water retention plus swelling of feet/ankles. Discussed with Dr. who advised me to stop altace and see if symptoms go away. If bp does nor go up, I should stay off of altace. I did not have the common side effect of a dry cough, but this medicine did absolutely nothing to lower my bp, which was already normal before I started altace. M 75 12 weeks
12/8/2007
 4  HBP None It works M 61 1 years
12/4/2007
 1  BP You name it; diarrhea, nausea, terrible headaches, fatigue to the extreme, loss of some sexual function, dizziness, light-headedness, confusion at times, imbalance etc. I just got around to looking up side effects today and found that I had most of them. I stopped taking it as of today. It had no affect on my BP anyway. I have not called my Dr. to let him know I stopped taking it and only will if my BP goes up. They should take this junk off the market. Terrible! M 64 901 days
11/14/2007
 4  blood pressure sometimes dry cough, sore muscles Everybody says they can live w/o bp meds but you are a greater risk of STROKE. I should know I see it at work. I am an ER nurse. For the cough invest in gum or lifesavers candy. I am doing yoga/pilates for my muscles. F 42 3 months
11/7/2007
 4  Diabetes Kidney Protection, High BP sometimes cough and throat tickle and mabe tired I am taking 10 mg twice daily M 75 12 days
10/28/2007
 2  High blood pressure due to stress I am 59 and play in a classic rock band doing lead vocals and guitar. Within days of beginning Altace I began coughing so much it effected my performance. I have some better days and some so bad I can barely finish a rehearsal. I am presently looking into alternative methods. My throat will just begin an awful tickling sensation that throws me into uncontrollable coughing fits. I hate this stuff! My blood pressure has subsided to a degree but I simply feel the price is too high if the pleasures of my life have to literally stop just to have this stuff supposedly "help" me M 59 7 months
9/22/2007
 1  Blood Pressure Where do I start. First, it was nausea. Not to the point of vomiting but uncomfortable enough to keep me from going anywhere. Also, right after I started taking it I became very depressed. I mean scary depressed, to the point where I felt like killing myself. Then came the cough. It started with a constant tickling of the throat, like I was starting to get a cold. Then, almost suddenly, I started getting the infamous dry hacking cough. By this time I had been taking it for a couple of months. A couple of mornings my throat would be so closed up that I would have the dry heaves. Terrible. As horrible as my life has become after taking this social suicide in a capsule, it did lower my blood pressure, but so would blowing my brains out. M 27 90 days
9/22/2007
 3  High Blood Pressure Dry cough,Weight gain,Leg cramps,Some blurred vision,Feeling tightnes around chest Dry coughing comes most of the time at night, I have gain weight even with dieting. I have some uncomfortable leg and foot cramps in the left side. Blurred vision I chraked this up to old age at frist but know I don't know.I start feeling squeezing pain around chest area in the past 3months. Dr say it was acid reflex this has me thanking not.Went heart Dr.took tests on problems. F 54 9 months
9/19/2007
 5  High blood pressure None Has worked well (2.5 mg) M 34 3 years
9/14/2007

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