25th February 2005
Janni,
If you've done well on Moexipril, you will probably do very well on most of the other ACEs.
Also, even though the incidence of cough is pretty similar amongst all the ACEs, some patients who experience a cough while taking one ACE Inhibitor will not necessarily experience a cough when they switch to another ACE. By having to switch you may even get rid of that cough you're so used to!!
A few studies have demonstrated that fosinopril (Brand name Monopril) may have the least incidence of cough.
ALSO, in the "Losartan In The Elderly" (ELITE) trial, comparing losartan 50 mg once daily to captopril 50 mg three times daily, losartan was associated with significantly less cough than captopril.
Comparative trials showed the same thing.
Your choices....(I'm leaving out lisinopril!) :
Benazepril*(Lotensin)
Captopril*(Capoten)
Enalapril*(Vasotec)
Fosinopril*(Monopril)
Perindopril*(Aceon)
Quinapril*(Accupril)
Ramipril*(Altace)
Trandolapril*(Mavik)
As far as I know benazepril, captopril, enalapril, fosinopril, ramipril are available generically...possibly the others... not sure.
zuzu xx
If you've done well on Moexipril, you will probably do very well on most of the other ACEs.
Also, even though the incidence of cough is pretty similar amongst all the ACEs, some patients who experience a cough while taking one ACE Inhibitor will not necessarily experience a cough when they switch to another ACE. By having to switch you may even get rid of that cough you're so used to!!
A few studies have demonstrated that fosinopril (Brand name Monopril) may have the least incidence of cough.
ALSO, in the "Losartan In The Elderly" (ELITE) trial, comparing losartan 50 mg once daily to captopril 50 mg three times daily, losartan was associated with significantly less cough than captopril.
Comparative trials showed the same thing.
Your choices....(I'm leaving out lisinopril!) :
Benazepril*(Lotensin)
Captopril*(Capoten)
Enalapril*(Vasotec)
Fosinopril*(Monopril)
Perindopril*(Aceon)
Quinapril*(Accupril)
Ramipril*(Altace)
Trandolapril*(Mavik)
As far as I know benazepril, captopril, enalapril, fosinopril, ramipril are available generically...possibly the others... not sure.
zuzu xx
