Captopril
Also sold as: Capoten
Prescription neededACE inhibitors
Comes as:Tablet
Also sold as: Capoten
Usual adult dose: start 12.5 mg two or three times a day; usual dose 25 to 50 mg two or three times a day. Take about 1 hour before meals.
Your doctor may give you a different dose. Children's doses depend on weight.
Stop taking it and see a doctor straight away if you notice:
Medicines that can react with this one.
ACE inhibitors raise lithium levels and the risk of toxicity.
Potassium supplements with ACE inhibitors can cause dangerously high potassium.
Together they can raise potassium to dangerous levels; blood tests are needed.
NSAIDs reduce the blood pressure effect and raise the risk of kidney damage.