Guest guest Posted August 23, 2001 Report Share Posted August 23, 2001 Hi Dan. When enalapril came out (most people know it as Vasotec), it was meant to be prescribed once daily. Manufacturers like to claim that their drugs can be taken only once daily, because they think it helps with the marketing. But, since few people achieve consistent 24 hour blood pressure control with enalapril, taking it twice daily seems to make sense, especially compared to newer even longer-acting ACE inhibitors like ramipril. Pierre Enalapril > Hi again Pierre. > I think enalapril is also one of those ACE inhibitors with short > half-lifes in the human body that must be taken twice a day. I am also on > enalapril and take two pills of 5mg two times in 24 hrs. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2001 Report Share Posted August 23, 2001 When I was taking Enalapril (Vasotec), 10 mg once in the morning did the job. My insurance switched it to Monopril and the same dosage worked well. Marty Re>Re: Diges> Jen, my name is . What is Zestril? Ace inhib? Other?Zestril is one of the common ACE inhibitors. Most people are on Zestril, Altace (ramipril), Vasotec (enalapril), Monopril or Accupril, but there other less common ones. Coversyl is one that seems to be popular in Europe. They are all pretty much the same, although I can say that ramipril and enalapril seem to be the ones used in the greatest number of clinical trials (but this is more because of marketing efforts by its makers). Captopril was the first one, and it's not used much anyone since all the others are once-a-day.Pierre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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