RAMIPRIL - ACE INHIBITORS

RE: RAMIPRIL - ACE INHIBITORS

all of the symptoms mention could be side effects of the drug (from [link= http://www.medicines.org.uk ]www.medicines.org.uk[/link]) (Other adverse reactions: Disturbances of balance, headache, nervousness, restlessness, tremor, sleep disorders, confusion, loss of appetite, depressed mood, feeling of anxiety, paraesthesiae, uncommonly, disturbances of smell and taste or partial, sometimes complete loss of taste, muscle cramps, erectile impotence and reduced sexual desire may occur, precipitation or intensification of Raynaud's phenomenon)especially the the cough which is a classic symptom. If it persists then he is probably best to change medication, there are lots of choices to change to, i expect he will be given a angiotensin-II receptor antagonist, which are slightly different to ace-inhibitors, so may not get the side effects. If he is not happy then he should definately talk to his doctor to find the best solution, otherwise he probably will end up not taking them.

RE: RAMIPRIL - ACE INHIBITORS

Hello

Please don't worry re the side effects. I was on Ramipril for about three months - 10mg daily - I can relate well to the "annoying cough" - more commonly referred to as a dry cough! When mentioned to the doctor is was changed immediately to an alternative and the dry cough went away straight away. Hang on in there!!!!

G

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RE: RAMIPRIL - ACE INHIBITORS

Hi

I am new to this forum and wanted to know a bit more about Ramipril. I have been taking 2.5 mg/day now for about a month due to hypertension. BP is usually around 150/100, I'm 35 years old and female. Hypertension runs in the family on my mothers side. Since taking it I find that I am extremely nervous and shake quite a lot - especially when reaching for things say, from a shelf. I note that nervousness is a side effect but wondered if anyone else had experienced this. I guess my case isn't so straight forward though as I have been diagnosed with sarcoidosis and am also taking prednisolone. My renal function is impaired too due to nephrocalcinonis as a result of hypercalcaemia (due to the sarcoid). Anyway, that aside, does anyone else have this problem with shaking and nervousness due to ramipril? Thank you.

Anna.

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A combination of NLP, Time Line Therapytm and Hypnosis would be perfect for this -working with the power of the mind and without any tablets - let me know if I can answer any questions 😉

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ORIGINAL: lucindarose

Hi

I am new to this forum and wanted to know a bit more about Ramipril. I have been taking 2.5 mg/day now for about a month due to hypertension. BP is usually around 150/100, I'm 35 years old and female. Hypertension runs in the family on my mothers side. Since taking it I find that I am extremely nervous and shake quite a lot - especially when reaching for things say, from a shelf. I note that nervousness is a side effect but wondered if anyone else had experienced this. I guess my case isn't so straight forward though as I have been diagnosed with sarcoidosis and am also taking prednisolone. My renal function is impaired too due to nephrocalcinonis as a result of hypercalcaemia (due to the sarcoid). Anyway, that aside, does anyone else have this problem with shaking and nervousness due to ramipril? Thank you.

Anna.

im the same here stick with it i found cutting out some foods helped me out also like pop and tinned soup tom saggetti like that watch what you eat that will help to

cazwix

RE: RAMIPRIL - ACE INHIBITORS

Hi,

I was interested in all of the replies, but I think they all miss a point. As well as Ramipril, you are on other medication. I have a full house of heart problems (Cardio Myopia, high BP, high cholesterol, high triglycerides and angina) and am taking Ramipril (10mg), Statins, Beta blockers, as well as other less potent drugs. The doctors seem to know how the individual drugs react, but when you take a cocktail of drugs, the side effects can be VERY STRANGE.

I find that I am also very nervous, occasional shakes and not very good in crowds of people and my confidence level has dropped. I also have major mood swings. There are many other side effects that often make me question the wisdom of taking these drugs.

Bottom line is, do I want to live a longer life acknowledging that I have a heart problem and changing my lifestyle accordingly or do I want to be my old self, liable to have a massive heart attack at any moment?

I have opted to change my lifestyle and acknowledge my problem. This actually helps and when I start to have mood swings or any other side effect, I just say to myself "come on drugs, do your worst" and a few hours later I am normally better.

Stick with it, I have been on these drugs for over a year now and having identified all of the side effects, it is easy to deal with them. Ramipril works well and you are only on a small dose. Just be positive and accept that there are side effects.

Accepting the side effects is the real battle and once you have acknowledged them, life gets easier.

Good luck

Tony

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Could anyone tell me the difference between APO Ramipril and Ratio Ramipril, Health plan accepts and pays for one but not the other!

Impossible to deal with!

Hi,

I was interested in all of the replies, but I think they all miss a point. As well as Ramipril, you are on other medication. I have a full house of heart problems (Cardio Myopia, high BP, high cholesterol, high triglycerides and angina) and am taking Ramipril (10mg), Statins, Beta blockers, as well as other less potent drugs. The doctors seem to know how the individual drugs react, but when you take a cocktail of drugs, the side effects can be VERY STRANGE.

I find that I am also very nervous, occasional shakes and not very good in crowds of people and my confidence level has dropped. I also have major mood swings. There are many other side effects that often make me question the wisdom of taking these drugs.

Bottom line is, do I want to live a longer life acknowledging that I have a heart problem and changing my lifestyle accordingly or do I want to be my old self, liable to have a massive heart attack at any moment?

I have opted to change my lifestyle and acknowledge my problem. This actually helps and when I start to have mood swings or any other side effect, I just say to myself "come on drugs, do your worst" and a few hours later I am normally better.

Stick with it, I have been on these drugs for over a year now and having identified all of the side effects, it is easy to deal with them. Ramipril works well and you are only on a small dose. Just be positive and accept that there are side effects.

Accepting the side effects is the real battle and once you have acknowledged them, life gets easier.

Good luck

Tony

How do you deal with the shaking and not being able to look family, friends and colleagues in the eye? If I hadn't stumbled across a post on this site I would have continued taking ramipril. Anxiety would have soared higher and I probably would have broken down completely. For me, ramipril totally debilitated all aspects of my life. I might be jumping the gun but after just two days without ramipril I feel positive again and able to cope.

Hi

I am new to this forum and wanted to know a bit more about Ramipril. I have been taking 2.5 mg/day now for about a month due to hypertension. BP is usually around 150/100, I'm 35 years old and female. Hypertension runs in the family on my mothers side. Since taking it I find that I am extremely nervous and shake quite a lot - especially when reaching for things say, from a shelf. I note that nervousness is a side effect but wondered if anyone else had experienced this. I guess my case isn't so straight forward though as I have been diagnosed with sarcoidosis and am also taking prednisolone. My renal function is impaired too due to nephrocalcinonis as a result of hypercalcaemia (due to the sarcoid). Anyway, that aside, does anyone else have this problem with shaking and nervousness due to ramipril? Thank you.

Anna.

Hi Anna

I suggest you go back to your GP. I work in a urology ward and we normally stop Ramipril in patients with impaired renal function.

To everyone else experiencing unwanted and possibly intolerable side effects from medications - please go back to your GP and discuss this further there are so many other options available for things like this. Down here ACE inhibitors are generally not first line for primary (simple) hypertension, although I appreciate that will vary around the country and depending on which drug reps have called recently and what the local specialist physicians favour.

Hi ... I am new to this forum. Like Tony (in this forum) I take a cocktail of drugs, I have a heart condition (age 50), not the heart it’s self but a couple blocked arteries. (Had an heart attack and didn’t know about it until going into the hospital for a check up)

My problem is my sleeping. I cannot get to sleep until very late in the night or early in the morning. Some sleeps last 7 hours and then about every 3rd or 4th night I end up sleeping 12-14 hours, wake up sweating, the pillow is soaked.

I have been on Apo-Ramipril (for about 18 months) 5MG in morning and 5MG at night, course because of my sleeping I end up not taking them at the same time in morning or same time at night.

At the start of taking this Ramipril I was very nervous, occasional shakes especially after first getting up from a sleep. I talked to the doctor about this and was given Novo-Venlafaxine, first 75MG in the mornings and when I went back to the doctors a couple of months later was increased to 150MG.

I mentioned to my doctor the sleeping problems and asked about changing some meds in hope of getting back to normal sleeping ... he said that none of the drugs I was taking would cause this problem of sleeping.

As for coughing I take Ratio Codeine for a previous back injury (some 20 yrs ago) and never have a problem because of taking this med.

As for life style, I have never had a great appetite but always eat fruit and raw vegs every day and stay away from fast foods. No deep fried foods and very little red meat, mostly chicken without the skins.

I smoke (and not over weight) but have been trying to cut down from 30 cigs a day to 10-12 and have difficulty trying to do some exercise.

Other meds taking - Lorazepam, Crestor, Ran-Rabeprazole, Novo-Metoprol and Novo-Quinine

As for crowds of people and confidence level, I never really enjoyed crowds but like to be with small groups of people. Before I couldn’t stand to stay at home and always had to be going some where or doing something, but now I find most days if I really do not have to go out I can spend time on the computer for hours. I have had a computer for over 10 years so it isn’t the Internet addiction of newer users. LOL

I was hoping that someone who is experiencing this sleeping problems shares on this forum and further hoping that some who has got over this sleeping problem can tell what they did .... I'm INTERESTED IN ALL REPLIES.

Hi cubaman. You can get sleep disturbance as a side effect of statins especially when they are taken in the evening. Although this is the best time to take them because of the physiology it may be worth discussing this with you GP and seeing if you can reschedule the time you take them. Taking a sleeping tablet or other drug for that side effect just to counter the side effects of a med is daft imo, however there is a risk/benefit ratio to consider in all these things.

The statin is Crestor (rosuvastatin).

Best of luck.

I was on Ramipril for 5 years + and had to come off of them earlier this year, due to suffering an allergic reaction, (1 in a 1000 people get urticaria thru taking these tabs), on and off since March 07 resulting in 10 very severe attacks from Easter to the end of April, to the point where it was affecting my breathing and the swelling of my mouth, my face was completely swollen, it was very scary. I have been told, by the Dr who was supposed to perform allergy testing that it is actually due to my underactive thyroid and that the Ramipril set it off. I am now on Amlodipine.

i have just gone up to a higher dose 10mg been waking half way through the night with anxiety and then drift in and out of sleep having what seem to be really bad nightmares and then feel very nervous with palpitaions

Try the Dash Diet for hypertension

Hi everyone,
I have recently discovered that my blood pressure is raised and my doctor wants to start me on an ace inhibitor.
However, I am really worried about the side effects which are well documented.
I searched the internet and found the DASH diet which promises to lower blood pressure within a few weeks.
I have started on it (only 3 days so far) and am feeling better already. I am overweight too so hoping my weight will come down as well as my blood pressure.
The DASH diet encourages increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables and low-fat dairy products as well as eating whole-grain cereals, breads, rice and pasta. Nuts, seeds and legumes are included and meat, fish and poultry is reduced.
There are loads of website on the DASH diet so it is worth exploring it in the hope of either reducing medication or stopping it eventually.
Hope this helps someone. It is sad that doctors very seldom discuss alternative ways of reducing blood pressure. I wonder if they are given incentives to get as many people as possible on blood pressure treatments.
Would love to hear what others think.