Dosage / Overdosage
Hypertension: Initial Dose: 5 mg daily.
Patients with Renal Impairment or Those Receiving Diuretics: 2.5 mg daily. If possible, the diuretic should be withdrawn 2 or 3 days before enalapril is started and resumed later if necessary.
Elderly: 2.5 mg. Maintenance Dose: 10-20 mg once daily, up to 40 mg daily in severe hypertension.
Management of Heart Failure: Initial Dose: 2.5 mg daily. Maintenance Dose: 20 mg daily as a single dose or in 2 divided doses.
Administration
May be taken with or without food.
Contraindications
Hypersensitivity to any component of Hypace and history of angioneurotic edema relating to previous treatment with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor.
Special Precautions
Hypotension may occur in vol-depleted patient. Severe heart failure, hyponatremia, renal impairment.
Side Effects / Adverse Reactions
Angioneurotic edema, cough.