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Off-Topic => Other Severe Medical Conditions => Topic started by: Henry P Snicklesnorter on November 16, 2010, 07:15:59 AM
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The half-life of ramipril is variable (3–16 hours), and is prolonged by heart and liver failure, as well as kidney failure.
You should probably listen to your cardiologist in this case, although the nephrologist should have known better. Take your own blood pressure if you can and monitor it every fifteen minutes to half hour when and if you get back on the lower dosage ramipril again. If you see that your blood pressure drops below 100/70, call someone to watch over you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramipril
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wow. that's scary.
I would go with the cardy on that one. You've experienced that the dose you took was WAY too high for you. If you're concerned about taking any of it again that's reasonable.. what is your usual BP without meds? I would try the lower dose and see what happens and monitor your BP closely over the next few hours.
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