Overdose
If overdose is suspected, contact a poison control center or emergency room immediately.
Notes: Do not share this medication with others.
Lifestyle changes such as stress reduction programs, exercise and dietary changes may increase the effectiveness of this medicine. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about lifestyle changes that might benefit you.
Laboratory and/or medical tests (such as kidney function, potassium levels) should be performed periodically to monitor your progress or check for side effects. Consult your doctor for more details.
Check your blood pressure regularly while taking this medication. Learn how to monitor your own blood pressure at home, and share the results with your doctor.
Missed Dose: If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember. If it is near the time of the next dose, skip the missed dose and resume your usual dosing schedule. Do not double the dose to catch up.
Storage: Store at room temperature away from light and moisture. It is normal for the drug to have a slight sulfur-like odor. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep all medications away from children and pets.
Do not flush medications down the toilet or pour them into a drain unless instructed to do so. Properly discard this product when it is expired or no longer needed. Consult your pharmacist or local waste disposal company for more details about how to safely discard your product.
Brands:
Available Brands
- Bloc-Med [ AD-Drugstel ]
- Capomed [ Medlink ]
- Captobes [ Drugmaker’s Lab ]
- Hartylox [ Integrated Pharma ]
- Phil Pharmawealth/Panion & BF Captopril [ Panion & BF ]
- RiteMED Captopril [ RiteMED ]
- Tensoril [ Hizon ]
Also marketed as
- Ace-Bloc [ Panion & BF ]
- Boie Captopril [ Boie ]
- Capotec [ Metrolink Pharma ]
- Capoten [ Bristol-Myers Squibb ]
- Captace [ E Denk ]
- Captogen [ Pasteur Pharma ]
- Captor [ Steinbach ]
- Captril [ IAE ]
- Cardiovaz [ Westward ]
- Conamid [ Flamingo ]
- Prelat [ Yung Shin ]
- Prelat 25 [ YSP ]
- Primace [ Pascual ]
- Retensin [ Unison ]
- Spec-Ace [ Pharmaspec ]
- Vasostad [ Stada ]