Description
Uses and how it works
- High blood pressure: This medicine relaxes the blood vessels, making the heart’s work easier and lowering blood pressure.
- Stroke prevention: This medicine reduces the risk of stroke in patients with high blood pressure and left ventricular hypertrophy.
- Diabetic kidney disease: This medicine protects the kidneys of people with type 2 diabetes who have protein loss.
- Heart failure: This medicine may improve survival after a heart attack.
Dosage and administration
- Usual dose: Often 50 to 100 mg once a day for high blood pressure and/or kidney problems; consult your doctor.
- With or without food: This medicine can be taken with or without food, but it is better taken with a meal in case of digestive upset.
- Regular treatment: Take the medicine at the same time every day; do not stop treatment without consulting your doctor.
- Onset of action: This medicine starts working in about an hour, but its maximum effect is reached after 3 to 6 weeks.
