Captopril is a medicine used to reduce high blood pressure and to treat heart failure, as it is a vasodilator and bears the trade name Capoten.
This medicine is purchased with a prescription from the pharmacy and should be taken according to your doctor’s advice.
- The price of Capoten varies between 50 and 100 reais depending on the amount of pills in the box and the region.
Captopril is indicated for the control of high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction or kidney disease caused by diabetes.
Captopril works by lowering blood pressure, and maximum pressure reductions occur between 60 and 90 minutes after taking it.
For hypertension
For heart failure: take 1 tablet from 25 mg to 50 mg, 2 to 3 times a day, one hour before meals.
The most common side effects of captopril can be dry and persistent cough and headache, as well as diarrhea, loss of taste, fatigue and nausea.
Captopril is contraindicated in patients hypersensitive to the active substance or any other angiotensin conversion enzyme (ACE) inhibitor. In addition, it cannot be used by pregnant or nursing women.