Ramicor contains the active substance ramipril. It belongs to a group of medicines called ACE inhibitors (Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors).
Ramicor works by:
- decreasing the production of substances in your body that could raise the blood pressure;
- making the blood vessels relax and widen;
- making it easier for the heart to pump blood in the body.
Ramicor is used:
- to treat high blood pressure (hypertension);
- to prevent cardiovascular diseases (history of ischemic heart disease or stroke, or peripheral vascular diseases; diabetes with at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease);
- to reduce the risk or delay the worsening of kidney problems (whether or not you have diabetes);
- to treat the heart when it cannot pump enough blood to the rest of the body (heart failure);
- as treatment following heart attack (myocardial infarction) complicated with heart failure.
Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
Method of administration
Take this medicine by mouth at the same time of the day each day. Swallow the tablets with liquid.
Do not crush or chew the tablets.
Dosage:
• Treatment of high blood pressure
The usual starting dose is 1.25 mg or 2.5 mg once daily. Your doctor will adjust the dose until your blood pressure is well controlled.
The maximum dose is 10 mg once daily.
If you are already taking diuretics (water tablets), your doctor may stop or reduce the amount of the diuretic you take before beginning treatment with Ramicor.
•Prevention of cardiovascular diseases
The recommended starting dose is 2.5 mg ramipril once daily.
Your doctor will gradually increase the dose until reaching a maintenance dose of 10 mg once daily.
If you are already taking diuretics (water tablets), your doctor may stop or reduce the amount of the diuretic you take before beginning treatment with Ramicor.
• Treatment to reduce or delay the worsening of kidney problems
You may be started on a dose of 1.25 mg or 2.5 mg once daily.
Your doctor will adjust the dose.
The usual dose is 5 mg or 10 mg once daily.
• Treatment of heart failure
The usual starting dose is 1.25 mg once daily.
Your doctor will adjust the dose. The maximum dose is 10 mg daily.
Two administrations per day are preferable.
• Treatment after you have had a heart attack
The usual starting dose is 1.25 mg once daily to 2.5 mg twice daily.
Your doctor will adjust the dose. The usual dose is 10 mg daily.
Two administrations per day are preferable.
• Elderly
Your doctor will reduce the initial dose and adjust your treatment dosage more slowly
