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What is Ramipril?

Ramipril is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor that is used alone or in combination with diuretics for hypertension and to reduce risk of heart attack an stroke in high risk patients. Off label it is used for heart failure and to reduce heart problems in diabetics with hypertension.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Elevated blood pressure 33 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Hypertension 29 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 17 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Ace Inhibitor to protect heart and kidneys. 4 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
CHF (Congestive heart failure) 3 0
Increase effect of another treatment 2 0

See all 92 patients currently taking Ramipril

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 5
Moderate
 3
Mild
 5
None
 10

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

Dry cough 3
Sedation 2
Sore throat (Pharyngitis) 1
Headaches in right eye and neck 1
Sleepiness 1
Drowsiness 1
See all 17 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

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

  1.25 mg daily 2.5 mg daily 5 mg daily 7 mg daily 10 mg daily 12.5 mg daily 17.5 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 mg daily 100 mg daily
  6 Number of Patients: 6 14 Number of Patients: 14 26 Number of Patients: 26 1 Number of Patients: 1 36 Number of Patients: 36 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Ramipril (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 13   Doctor's advice: 57%
Side effects too severe 9   Side effects too severe: 39%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 4%
Other 1   Other: 4%

See all 22 patients who’ve stopped taking Ramipril

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

Currently Taking Ramipril

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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 Ramipril

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Ramipril

Always
 18 78%
Usually
 3 13%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 2 9%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Ramipril

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 2 9%
A little
 2 9%
Not at all
 19 83%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Ramipril

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 2 13%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 14 88%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.