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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 2  Borderline high BP This cough is the worst thing I have ever experienced. My fiance thinks I'm dying, my co-workers have come to my desk repeatedly to check on me, and then I wake up in the middle of the night feeling as though I can't breathe until I get up and hack like crazy. The coughing is so bad I've thrown up and leaked urine on occasion. Awful. Nothing suppresses it. F 31 3 weeks
12/20/2006
 2  ward off possible heart attack I WAS ON 2.5 MG FOR 2 MONTHS. NOW ON 10MG FOR ALMOST 6 MONTHS. THE SIDE AFFECTS HAVE NOW KICKED IN WHICH IS SEVERE COUGH, ITCHINESS. BUT THE WORSE SIDE EFFECT IS THE PAINS IN MY LEGS WHICH HAS ALMOST CRIPPLED ME TO THE POINT THAT I CANNOT WALK. ALSO SHORTNESS OF BREATH... F 65 6 days
12/10/2006
 2  HBP Since taking Altace I experienced aching muscles and joints. It has been threes years of discomfort and inhibited physical abilities. I play 3 sets of tennis 2 days/week and work out with a personal trainer 3 days/week but my strength diminished. Altace reduced my BP but after reading Askapatient I became wise to the side effects of Altace. I also realized that my doctor had me on overdose at 20mg per day. I quit taking it and within a month my strength and stamina has vastly improved. I am now taking 25 mg of Toprol XL and my blood BP is holding at 130/80 without side effects. According to Askapatient nobody else takes 20 mg of Altace and that may have been the cause of my problems but I now depend on Toprol XL at 25 mg. which seems to work very well for me. M 61 3 years
12/7/2006
 5  Hypertension none This is my miracle drug! It was after adding altace to my beta-blocker and diuretic hypertensive treatment that I was finally able to get my bp down to normal - before taking Altace, my hypertension was out-of-control for 5 1/2 years! I feel like I've been given a second shot at life! F 28 18 months
11/28/2006
 2  heart attack I have had hearing loss in right ear. Was wondering if anyone else has experienced any hearing loss on Altace? Also on Coreg, Zocor and Plavix. M 44 3 days
11/24/2006
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 2  heart attack I have had hearing loss in right ear. Was wondering if anyone else has experienced any hearing loss on Altace? Also on Coreg, Zocor and Plavix. Please let know if any one has experienced hearing loss. M 44 3 days
11/24/2006
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 5  High blood pressure No side effects. Taking it with a diuretic. Situation now normal, with 5mg. M 54 5 years
11/14/2006
 1  Hypertension. Stroke. Was taking 2.5 mg. Altace, horrible cough for 2 months, thought it was a virus. Increased to 5 mg. following stroke. Extreme depression and anxiety. Vivid nightmares. Physicians refuse to believe Altace is the culprit. Reduced dose today back to 2.5 mg. per self. Neither dose reduces BP very much. Am also taking Lopressor, which does lower BP some. Was taking only Altace when stroke occurred. Physicians want stroke patients on Altace d/t some evidence that it may prevent stroke and heart attack better than some other BP meds. My quality of life on this drug is so poor that I will take my chances, at least on a lower dose. F 61 18 months
11/13/2006
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 1  hypertension Aching hip joint, unexplained foot pain, and a decreased sex drive, erectile function problems. I am stopping this medication immediately now that I know others have experienced similar problems. Been taking it for at least 2 years. M 57 2 days
11/12/2006
 5  Hypertension Mild lightheadedness and drowsiness at times. Blood pressure went from 190/100 to 120/78 within a few months. It works really good. M 17 11 months
10/11/2006
 1  High Blood Pressure/ kidney failure Dry mouth, runny eyes,rash on upper back and chest,loss of eye sight from potassium overload, contributed to anemia (deficiency of Folic Acid and B12) and lowered platelets = devistating subarachnoid cerebral hemorrhage. It is of utmost importance to watch for Potassium overload (Kidney function) if you take this medication. Heart healthy well balanced diets with plenty of fruits and vegetables are another way to lower blood pressure naturally (sodium and potassium ratio 1:4). Be a label reader if you are shopping at the grocery store,try and avoid the processed and high sodium foods. Restaurant and Fast foods are generally very high in Sodium. M 65 5 years
10/10/2006
 3  high blood pressure 1st month it really helped all day but my blood pressure has returned to its prior level within 8 hours. I have also developed a mild cough that hits perhapse once or twice a day. It seems actually to have aggrevated a post nasal drip cough ... not worth quiting the meds. Now am on beta blocker too, but pressure remains high and stress brings on arrhythmia and shortness of breath (already have asthma) F 58 6 months
10/8/2006
 3  high blood pressure 1st month it really helped all day but my blood pressure has returned to its prior level within 8 hours. I have also developed a mild cough that hits perhapse once or twice a day. It seems actually to have aggrevated a post nasal drip cough ... not worth quiting the meds. Now am on beta blocker too, but pressure remains high and stress brings on arrhythmia and shortness of breath (already have asthma) F 58 6 months
10/8/2006
 1  cardiomyopathy/high bp in dr office Now chronic dry cough after three weeks. My BP is always high in Dr. office (I am a registered nurse)and new doc doesn't know me. BP now too low and I will be getting off this drug asap (after 1 more month and new echo). Also several weird pains in chest and legs. BP averages 110/55 and for me this is causing lack of energy, skipped beats. I was started on 5mg. a day and I have cut back, but will stay on until follow up echo if I can stand it that long. I have asthma that was fine until this drug so think it may be exacerbating the tightness in chest. Would love to hear if others have had pains in the breast, not chest. F 67
10/5/2006
 1  cardiovascular problems Cough,dizziness,musclecramps, Dr isn't changing medication - F 80 4 years
9/20/2006
 4  mild hyptertension 2.5 mg just mild depression and occasional funny heart beats. At higher dose constant dry cough, sleepiness, zombiness, weepiness. All other BP drugs horrible. Almost in a stupor from most of them. Am switching to Respirate machine - and calcium/magnesium tablets plus high potassium foods - Altace is the best I have tried - but long term the side effects started showing up and it isn't worth it - too many bad situations have same side effects - have no way of knowing if it is the drug or the other things being masked by the drug. F 62 3 years
9/13/2006
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 2  high blood pressure Definetely makes me more tired through the day using 5mg. M 54 3 months
9/2/2006
 3  High Blood Pressure *Tiredness, wooziness, less taste in food. Also, if i sit to long i feel "different" or not all there. I started on Altace 2.5mg when bp was 147/94, after 5 weeks Altace has knocked my bp down to 120/80. MD still raised my dosage to 5mg which, i started today. I don't know what i think about it yet, i just hate meds though. F 24 5 weeks
8/28/2006
 1  jigh blood preesure servere back pain tingling in legs and arms and having to see gp 3 times as i tghought i had an appendicitis. i didnt want to stop taking atenolol but was made to change after the recent findings about heart disease. i hate this drug but gp will not take me off it. too many side effects for younger people F 38 3 months
7/29/2006
 5  Hypertension/Enlarged Heart None Started exercise program as soon as I started to take Altace and lowered blood pressure from 154/80 to 116/64 in two months. Went from 204 lbs to 188. M 52 2 months
7/26/2006

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