VASOPRIL 20mg Price

Overview

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This medicine contains an important and useful components, as it consists of Enalapril Maleate.
VASOPRIL 20mg is available in the market in concentration 20mg/Tablet and in the form of Tablets.

SAUDI ARABIAN JAPANESE PHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD (SAJA) is the producer of VASOPRIL 20mg and it is imported from SAUDI ARABIA, The most popular alternatives of VASOPRIL 20mg are listed downward .

Mode Of Action

Enalapril, a prodrug of enalaprilat, competitively inhibits ACE from converting angiotensin I to angiotensin II (a potent vasoconstrictor) resulting in increased plasma renin activity and reduced aldosterone (a hormone that causes water and Na retention) secretion. This promotes vasodilation and BP reduction.

Indication

• Hypertension
• Heart failure

Precaution

Impaired renal function. Hyperkalaemia, hypovolaemia, collagen vascular disease, valvular stenosis, during or immediately before or after anaesthesia, unilateral renal artery stenosis. Hypotension due to volume depletion, diuretic therapy. Monitor WBC count. Lactation, children.

Side Effects

• 1-10% Dizziness (4-8%)
• Hypotension (0.9-6.7%)
• Headache (2-5%)
• Chest pain (2%)
• Cough (1-2%)
• Rash (1.5%) Frequency Not Defined Asthenia
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Hyperkalemia Potentially Fatal: Angioedema.

Contra indication

Hypersensitivity. History of angioedema due to previous treatment with ACE inhibitors; bilateral renal artery stenosis. Pregnancy.

Pregnancy and lactation

Pregnancy category: C

Animal reproduction studies have shown an adverse effect on the fetus and there are no adequate and well-controlled studies in humans, but potential benefits may warrant use of the drug in pregnant women despite potential risks

Pregnancy category: C (1st trimester); D (2nd and 3rd trimesters). During the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, these drugs have been associated with fetal injury that includes hypotension, neonatal skull hypoplasia, anuria, reversible and irreversible renal failure, and death