Enalapril

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What is Enalapril? (Innovace, Innozide)

  • Enalapril is used to treat high blood pressure or heart failure, or to protect your heart from further damage after a heart attack.
  • It widens your blood vessels and makes your kidneys push less water back into your blood. These actions help to decrease blood pressure
  • Enalapril is one of a family of medicines called Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACE Inhibitors). They are called this because they achieve their effect on your blood vessels by blocking the action of a chemical called Angiotensin Converting Enzyme.

 

Find out more at: 

https://patient.info/medicine/enalapril-an-ace-inhibitor-innovace-innozide

https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/files/pil.6105.pdf

How likely is Enalapril to help me?

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  • This grey face represents the number of people in the survey group.
  • This green face represents the one person in the survey group that the medicine has helped.

Research suggests:

In a group of  3 patients with  severe heart failure, Enalapril  will prevent one person  from this group (on average) from dying in the course of one year.  (Research at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2883575)

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In a group of 76 patients with moderate to severe heart failure, Enalapril will prevent one person in this group (on average) from dying in the course of one year.  (Research at 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2057034)

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In a group of 101 patients with moderate to severe heart failure and chronic kidney disease, Enalapril will prevent one person in this group from dying in the course of one year.  (Research at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3395757/)

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In a group of 251 patients with heart failure without symptoms, Enalapril  will prevent one person from dying or being admitted to hospital with congestive heart failure. (Research at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1463530)

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It is not possible to tell what will happen to you as an individual.

What are the possible risks of taking Enalapril?

You can discuss with your health professional  the possible side effects and other risks Enalapril might have.

Side-effects are unwanted affects that can happen to your body when taking a medicine. 

Not everyone will get side-effects. These usually improve as your body adjusts to the new medicine, but speak with your doctor or pharmacist if any of the following side-effects persist or worry you.

Here are some of the common side-effects of Telmisartan - which affect  more than 1 in 10 people:

  • Dry cough
  • Feeling dizzy or weak
  • Blurred eyesight
  • Feeling sick

There are other side-effects that are less common or rare. 

Find out more at https://patient.info/medicine/telmisartan-an-angiotensin-receptor-blocker-micardis#nav-4