Question 1

please describe the medication: ramipril?

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Hypertension Med: Treats high blood pressure and heart failure after a heart attack. Reduces risk of heart attack, stroke, and death in people 55 years and older who have heart disease. This medicine is an ace (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitor.

Question 2

please describe the medication: lovastatin?

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Cholesterol lowering: Lovastatin is one of the cholesterol lowering statin medications. In this class it is one of the older and less potent drugs but is still useful in many people.

Question 3

is lisinopril same as ramipril?

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Not the same, but: Close enuf to be viewed as such. 

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Question 4

what are the side effects of lovastatin?

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Muscle and liver: Usually nothing, but occasionally muscle pains , or liver irritation, and rarely muscle damage.

Question 5

what is mevacor (lovastatin) side effects.?

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Muscle pain, muscle: Weakness, liver enzyme abnormalities, and potentially liver failure and massive muscle damage. Those are at least the ones you need to discuss with your doctor and keep him aware if you develop symptoms, especially muscle weakness.

Question 6

is it safe to take ramipril while pregnant?

Accepted Answer

No: Ramipril is a medication for blood pressure.   It is a drug from a class of medications called ace inhibitors.  These medications have been linked to birth defects.  If you are on an ace inhibitor, you  should not get pregnant.  See your doctor if you are considering pregnancy and need the medication.  They can switch you to a safer medication.

Question 7

ramipril - how to avoid or lessen dry cough???

Accepted Answer

Changing...: If the cough is mild you may try cough meds although these are not good to take for a long period of time. If cough is severe and persistent(which is usually the case) the only way is changing to an alternative medication. You would have to discuss with your doctor in order to have another type of medication prescribed but please don't make any changes until you consult with him/her.

Question 8

could an overdose of lovastatin kill you quickly?

Accepted Answer

Overdosage statins: Very doubtful.  There are a few reports of large overdosage of Lovastatin and in all these cases there was no ill effects.

Question 9

aspirin 325 mg and ramipril 2.5 mg. interaction ??

Accepted Answer

: I estimate that millions of patients worldwide take aspirin along with ACE inhibitors like ramipril every day without problems.

Question 10

is it safe to take ramipril and telmisartan together?

Accepted Answer

THERE ARE ONLY A FEW: Reasons why to take these two meds at the same time.

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Ramipril - how to avoid or lessen dry cough???

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