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Capoten is the branded patent registered prescription medication
manufactured and marketed by Bristol-Myers Squibb of the United
States. The drug belongs to the class of drugs called Angiotensin
Converting Enzyme – ACE Inhibitor which are designed to block the
enzyme system, leading the artery walls to loosen up and lower the
blood pressure in the blood vessels. This category of medication is
usually recommended or prescribed for treating the patients having
high blood pressure problems who sincerely wish to be able to
exercise rather normally.
As any other known medicine has some side effects, Capoten too is
not spared in spite of its considerable medicinal advantages. The
drug may poise certain common to serious types of side effects. Some
of the less serious side effects of this drug may include: most
common problem like dry and persistent coughing, headache,
constipation, lightheadedness, nausea, fainting, mild rash,
noticeable changes in sensing the tastes, pains in different joints
and diarrhoea. Experiencing such symptoms or conditions, the patient
should not give up taking Capoten at once and rush to the doctor as
such symptoms are reported to vanish automatically within a few days
only.
But in case if the patient reports any of the following serious side
effect symptoms, he should immediately rushed to the physician or
doctor for necessary medical assistance. Such side effects are
reported to include such as: facing sort of trouble in swallowing or
breathing, experiencing tightness in the chest, notices unexpected
swelling on his face, lips or tongue, reports of rapid or slow or
quite irregular heartbeats, or the patient may feel numbness or
weakness in his hands or feet, he may complaint of easy bruising or
unexplained fever, hives or sever itching sensation and noticing
swelling of the face, mouth or throat.
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