Drug Information
Generic Name:
Captopril
Pronunciation:
KAP-tow-pril
Product Name:
Capoten
Category:
ACE Inhibitors
How is it given?:
by mouth (PO)
Uses:
High blood pressure, congestive heart failure, following heart attack to reduce heart failure
Comment:
Effective drug in the treatment of high blood pressure and congestive heart failure. It also reduces the risk of developing severe heart failure in patients following heart attack (myocardial infarction).