Captopril【C(1st trimester) D(2nd/3rd trimester)】

Cardiovascular – Renal Drugs : Antihypertensive : Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEI)
OAPOC2 “Apo-Capto tablet12.5 mg/tab
OCAPD1 “Capdon tablet25 mg/tab
OCEPO1 “Ceporin tablet25 mg/tab

適應症:嚴重度高血壓、腎血管性高血壓、以及對傳統治療之高血壓無理想效果或發生不良副作用之病人

Usual dose:

Congestive heart failure, usually in combination with diuretics and digitalis:

Adult: initial, (p’ts with normal or low blood pressure, vigorous diuretic therapy, volume depletion) 6.25-12.5 mg tid; initial, 25 mg tid, maintenance, 50-100 mg tid, max. 450 mg daily.

Hypertension:

Adult: 25 mg bid-tid; may be increased after 1-2 wk to 50 mg bid-tid, then to 100-150 mg bid-tid (in combination with a thiazide diuretic) if needed, max. 450 mg daily.

Left ventricular dysfunction, following myocardial dysfunction:

Adult: initial dose, 6.25 mg for one dose, first titration, 12.5 mg tid for several days, second titration, 25 mg tid for several days; titrate up to 50 mg tid over next several wks as tolerated, target dose, 50 mg tid.

Dose adjustment:

Renal impairment: initial dose should be reduced; titration should be in smaller increments

Contraindication: history of angioedema.

Adverse effect:

Common: edema, hypotension, rash, gynecomastia, hyperkalemia, taste sense altered, proteinuria, cough.

Serious: angioedema in face, lips, throat (1/1000 p’ts; more frequent in black p’ts); intestinal angioedema, agranulocytosis, neutropenia.

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