Drug Name: ALTACE
Pronounced: AL-tayce
Chemical names: Ramipril

ALTACE Drug Use: Altace is used in the treatment of high blood pressure. Altace medicine works by preventing the conversion of a chemical in your blood called angiotensin I into a more potent substance that increases salt and water retention in your body. Altace medicine also enhances blood flow in your circulatory system. Altace medicine is a member of the group of drugs called ACE inhibitors.

ALTACE Drug Usage Instructions: Altace medicine is an ACE inhibitor drug that is used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure), kidney problems, and copd.

ALTACE Storage Instructions: Altace medicine should be stored in a tightly closed container at room temperature.

ALTACE Missed Dose: Missed Dose

ALTACE Side Effects: Take Altace medicine as soon as you remember. Never take 2 doses of Altace medicine at the same time. If it is almost time for your next Altace medicine dose, skip the one you missed and go back to your regular Altace medicine dosage schedule.

Special Precautions with ALTACE: More common side effects of Altace medicine are: cough, headache (in people with high blood pressure), dizziness, low blood pressure (in people with congestive heart failure) Less common side effects are: abdominal pain, anemia, angina pectoris (chest pain), anxiety, arthritis, bruises, change in taste, constipation, convulsions, depression, diarrhea, difficulty swallowing, dry mouth, fainting, fatigue, feeling of general discomfort, fever, fluid retention, heart failure, hearing loss, heart attack, impotence, inability to sleep, increased salivation, indigestion, inflammation of the stomach and intestines, irregular heartbeat. Some more common side effects of Altace medicine may also include itching, joint pain or inflammation, labored breathing, light-headedness, loss of appetite, low blood pressure, memory loss, muscle pain, nausea, nerve pain, nervousness, nosebleed, rash, ringing in ears, skin reddening, skin sensitivity to light, sleepiness, sudden loss of strength, sweating, tingling or pins and needles, tremors, vertigo, very rapid heartbeat, vision changes, vomiting, weakness, weight gain.