Altace
Altace (Ramipril)Pharmacological action
Antihypertensive preparation.
Altace reduces frequency of development of an arrhythmia; prevents changes of an endothelium of the vessels, bound to a hypercholesterinemia.
Altace raises sensitivity of tissues to insulin, enlarges concentration of a fibrinogen.
The antihypertensive effect begins through 1-2 h after preparation reception inside, the maximum effect develops during 3-6 h and remains during 24 h. At daily application the antihypertensive effect amplifies within 3-4 weeks and remains at long treatment (1-2 years). Antihypertensive efficiency does not depend on a sex, age and mass of a body of the patient.
At patients with an acute myocardial Altace infarction limits a zone of diffusion of a necrosis, improves the life forecast; reduces a lethality in the early and remote period of a myocardial infarction, frequency of occurrence of repeated infarcts; reduces expression of implications of a heart failure, slows down its advance.
At long reception (not less than 6 months) reduces degree of a pulmonary hypertensia at patients with the congenital and got heart diseases.
Altace reduces pressure in a portal vein at a portal hypertensia; brakes a microalbuminuria (in initial stages) and deterioration of renal function at patients with the expressed diabetic nephropathy. At not diabetic nephropathy accompanied by a proteinuria (more than 3 g/24h) and renal insufficiency, slows down the further deterioration of function of kidneys, reduces a proteinuria, reduces risk of rising of level of a creatinine or development of terminal renal insufficiency.
Indications
- An arterial hypertensia;
- A chronic heart failure;
- A chronic heart failure after an acute myocardial infarction at patients with a stable hemodynamic;
- A diabetic nephropathy and chronic diffusive diseases of kidneys (not diabetic nephropathy);
- For the purpose of depression of risk of development of a myocardial infarction, a stroke or coronary mors at patients from an ischemic heart disease, including the patients who have transferred a myocardial infarction, aorto-coronary shunting.
Dosage regimen
Tablets should be accepted inside, swallowing them entirely, not chewing, washing down with a liquid considerable quantity (about 1 glass). Tablets can be accepted irrespective of food intake time. A dose establish individually taking into account therapeutic effect and shipping.
At an arterial hypertensia the recommended initial dose makes 2.5 mg of 1 times/24h (daily on 1 tablet. 2.5 mg). Depending on therapeutic effect the dose can be enlarged, doubling a daily dose each 2-3 weeks. The standard maintenance dose makes 2 mg/24h (1 tablet. 2.5 mg or 1 tablet. 5 mg). The maximum daily dose should not exceed 10 mg.
At a chronic heart failure the recommended initial dose makes 1.25 mg of 1 times/24h (daily on 1 tablet. Altace 1.25 mg). Depending on therapeutic effect the dose can be raised, doubling a daily dose each 2-3 weeks. In need of reception more than 2.5 mg of a preparation, this dose can be accepted at once or to part on 2 receptions. The maximum daily dose should not exceed 10 mg.
For treatment after a myocardial infarction preparation reception is recommended to be begun for 2-9 day after an acute myocardial infarction. Depending on therapeutic effect the dose can be raised, doubling a daily dose each 2-3 weeks. In need of reception more than 2.5 mg of a preparation can be accepted this dose at once or to part on 2 receptions. A recommended maximum daily dose - 5 mg.
For the purpose of preventive maintenance of a myocardial infarction, a stroke or mors from cardiovascular disturbances a recommended initial dose - Depending on shipping of a preparation, in 1 week of reception a dose it is necessary to double 2.5 mg of 1 times/days in comparison with the initial. This dose should be doubled again after 3 weeks of reception. A recommended maintenance dose - 10 mg of 1 times/days
At the patients of advanced age accepting diuretics and-or with a heart failure, and also at disturbances of function of a liver or kidneys the dose should be established by individual selection depending on reaction of the patient to treatment.
With renal insufficiency correction of a regimen of dosage is required to patients.
At the patients receiving diuretic therapy, because of risk of appreciable depression of a BP it is necessary to survey possibility of time cancellation or at least a dose decline of diuretics not less than for 2-3 days (or larger term, depending on duration of action of diuretics) prior to the beginning of Altace reception. For patients, before receiving diuretics, usually initial dose makes 1.25 mg.
Side effect
From warmly vascular system: BP depression, an orthostatic hypotension, a tachycardia; seldom - an arrhythmia, intensifying of disturbance of a circulation of the organs caused by narrowing of blood vessels. At excessive depression of a BP, basically at patients with an ischemic heart disease and clinically significant narrowing of vessels of a brain, the myocardium ischemia (a stenocardia or a myocardial infarction) and a brain ischemia (it is possible with dynamic disturbance of a cerebral circulation or a stroke) can develop.
From party TSNS and peripheric nervous system: giddiness, a headache, delicacy, drowsiness, paresthesias, nervous excitability, anxiety, a tremor, a muscular spastic stricture, mood disturbances; at application in high doses - a sleeplessness, uneasiness, depression, confusion of consciousness, syncopes.
From sense organs: vestibular disturbances, taste disturbances (for example, metal taste), sense of smell, hearing and sight, a sonitus.
From the alimentary system: a nausea, vomiting, a diarrhoeia or a constipation, a pain in epigastric area, dryness in a mouth, thirst, appetite depression, a stomatitis, a hypersensibility or an inflammation of a mucosa of cheeks, a pancreatitis; seldom - a hepatitis, a cholestatic icterus, disturbance of function of a liver with development of acute hepatic insufficiency.
From respiratory system: dry tussis, a bronchospasm, a dyspnea, a rhinorrhea, a rhinitis, a sinusitis, a bronchitis.
Allergic reactions: a dermal eruption, an itch, an urticaria, a conjunctivitis, a photosensitization; seldom - a Quincke's disease of the person, extremities, labiums, tongue, a pharynx or a larynx, an exfoliative dermatitis, a serositis, an onycholysis, a vasculitis, a myositis, an arthralgia, an arthritis, an eosinophilia.
From hemopoiesis organs: an anaemia, depression of concentration of haemoglobin and a hematocrit, a thrombocytopenia, a neutropenia, an agranulocytosis, a pancytopenia, a hemolitic anaemia, depression of number of erythrocytes, oppression of a medullar hemopoiesis.
The other: an alopecia, a hyperthermia, a diaphoresis.
From laboratory indicators: rising of level of an urea nitrogen, rising of activity of "hepatic" transaminases, a hyperbilirubinemia, a hyperpotassemia, a hyponatremia.
Contraindications
- Hemodynamically significant bilateral stenosis of renal arteries or a stenosis of an artery of a unique kidney;
- An arterial hypotension or an astable hemodynamic;
- Pregnancy;
- A lactemia (thoracal feeding);
- A primary hyperaldosteronism;
- Renal insufficiency;
- A hypersensibility to Altace or to any other component of a preparation.
With care apply at hemodynamically significant aortal or mitral stenosis (risk of excessive depression of a BP with the subsequent disturbance of function of kidneys); a serious primary malignant arterial hypertensia; serious lesions of coronary and cerebral arteries (danger of depression of a blood flow at excessive depression of a BP).
There is only limited experience of Altace application at the patients who are on a dialysis.
Pregnancy and lactemia
Application is contraindicative at pregnancy and in a lactemia.
The preparation causes disturbance of development of kidneys of a foetus, depression of a BP of a foetus and newborns, disturbance of function of kidneys, a hyperpotassemia, a skull hypoplasia, a contracture of extremities, skull deformation, a hypoplasia of lungs.
Special indicatings
During treatment by Altace preparation the regular medical control is necessary.
After reception of the first dose, and also at augmentation of a dose of a Altace patients should be during 8 h under observation of the doctor in order to avoid development of uncontrollable hypotensive reaction; repeated measurement of a BP is recommended.
Whenever possible it is necessary to correct a dehydration, a hypovolemia, depression of number of erythrocytes prior to the beginning of preparation reception.
Careful observation is required to patients with a lesion of renal vessels (for example, clinically insignificant renal artery stenosis or hemodynamically significant stenosis of an artery of a unique kidney), disturbance of function of kidneys, at the expressed depression of a BP, basically from patients with a heart failure, and also after kidney transplantation.
Disturbance of function of kidneys can be taped on the raised levels of urea and a blood serum creatinine, especially if the patient accepts diuretics.
Because of depression of synthesis of angiotensin II and Aldosteronum secretions in blood serum level of sodium can decrease and raise potassium level.
In case of excessive depression of a BP of the patient it is necessary to lay, raise feet; also introduction of a liquid and other measures can be demanded.
Blood changes are more probable at patients with the broken function of kidneys and accompanying disease of a connecting tissue (for example, HARD CURRENCY and a scleroderma), and also in case of application of other agents influencing hemopoietic and immune systems.
Sodium level in blood serum should be supervised regularly also at the patients accepting diuretics simultaneously with Altace preparation. It is necessary to check regularly also quantity of leucocytes in order to avoid leukopenia development. The control should be more frequent in the beginning of therapy and at the patients belonging to any group of risk.
At the desensitizing therapy spent for depression of allergic reaction to stings of insects (for example, bees and wasps), menacing lives an anaphylactoid reaction (BP falling, breath disturbance, vomiting, dermal reactions).
At insufficiency of a lactase, a galactosemia or a syndrome of disturbance of an absorption of a glucose/lactose it is necessary to consider, that each tablet of Altace preparation contains following quantities of lactose: tablets on 1.25 mg contain 79.5 mg of lactose, tablets on 2.5 mg - 158.8 mg, tablets on 5 mg - 96.47 mg, tablets on 10 mg - 193.2 mg.
Use in pediatrics
Application Altace experience at children with renal insufficiency of serious degree and during a dialysis - is limited.
Influence on ability to driving of motor transport and to management of mechanisms
In the beginning of treatment BP depression can affect ability of concentration of attention. In this case patients are recommended to refrain from driving of motor transport and employment by potentially dangerous kinds of the activity demanding raised concentration of attention and speed of psychomotor reactions. Further restriction degree is defined for each patient individually.
Overdosage
Symptoms: the expressed depression of a BP, a bradycardia, a shock, disturbance of vodno-electrolytic balance, acute renal insufficiency.
Treatment: in case of an easy overdosage - a gastric lavage, introduction of adsorbents and sodium Zinci sulfas (it is desirable during 30 mines after reception).
At an acute overdosage:at BP depression - introduction of catecholamins and angiotensin II. The patient should be laid on a back with raised position of feet, to enter additional quantities of a liquid and sodium.
It is not known, whether the artificial diuresis, a haemofiltration and correction pH urine accelerate Altace deducing. It should be considered by treating of possibility of a hemodialysis and a haemofiltration.
Conditions and periods of storage
The preparation should be stored at temperature more low 25 C in a place inaccessible to children. A period of validity of tablets of 1.25 mg - 1.5 years, tablets of 2.5 mg, 5 mg and 10 mg - 2 years.
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