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What is Lotrel?

Lotrel is a brand name for a combination of the drugs amlodipine besylate, a calcium channel blocker, and benazepril hydrochloride, an ACE inhibitor. Lotrel is considered a second or third line treatment for hypertension when other treatments have not worked. Lotrel is brand name owned by Novartis. Read more...Click to read more below

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Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 1 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 100%

Dosages

  5 mg-10 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lotrel (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
1 100% Doctor's advice: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Lotrel

Currently Taking Lotrel

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

Stopped Taking Lotrel

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
1 100%
< $25
0 0%

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Report created on November 23, 2009.