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What is Enalapril?

Enalapril is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor used to treat hypertension, heart failure and dysfunction. Off label it is used to delay the progression of renal disease and reduce risk of cardiac events in hypertensive diabetics.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Elevated blood pressure 44 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Hypertension 34 3 Efficacy_moderate
Other 12 2 Efficacy_major
Kidney disease (chronic) 3 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Increase effect of another treatment 3 1 Efficacy_major
General health 3 2 Efficacy_slight

See all 101 patients currently taking Enalapril

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 2
Mild
 1
None
 15

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Enalapril

Dizziness 2
Low blood pressure 1
Dizziness with hypotension upon standing 1
High blood pressure increased 1
Stomach ache 1
Hyperkalemia 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Enalapril. See all 11 dosages ►

  1.25 mg/mL daily 1.25 mg daily 2 mg daily 2.5 mg daily 4.2 mL daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 27 Number of Patients: 27 25 Number of Patients: 25 24 Number of Patients: 24 3 Number of Patients: 3 8 Number of Patients: 8  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Enalapril (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 12   Doctor's advice: 55%
Other 5   Other: 23%
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 14%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 9%
Expense 1   Expense: 5%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 5%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 5%

See all 21 patients who’ve stopped taking Enalapril

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Enalapril

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Enalapril

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Enalapril

Always
 16 89%
Usually
 1 6%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Enalapril

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 2 11%
Not at all
 16 89%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Enalapril

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 9 100%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.