Ramipril for Heart Attack User Reviews

• Sam...
• February 1, 2013

Ramipril "9th anniversary of 5x bypass. Blood pressure was never high. Altace, began with 5 mg in the morning, I was feeling faint every time I stood up all day. Changed to 5 mg before bed, faint if I got up to pee. Changed to 2.5 mg in the evening, OK till last night (9 years). The difference was I had the flu or something similar, had a high fever, night sweats, diarrhea, got up to go to the bathroom and found myself on the bedroom floor. No damage, I fell into the dirty clothes basket, so the warning about excessive sweat or any loss of fluids is a good one."

• Hon...
• August 11, 2019

"My husband is on ramipril due to a heart attack 5 years ago, which resulted in 3 stents being put in. My husband doesn't have high blood pressure, but they insisted that he must take ramipril. Now he keeps passing out, causing other issues such as splitting his head open, knocking himself out. He now suffers from postural hypertension, but they still insist he has to take ramipril. There must be other medication he can take."

• DDL...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• October 8, 2017

"I was prescribed Ramipril (5 mg/daily) and 4 other medications (Aspirin, Effient, Atorvastatin, and Coreg) after a heart attack 6 years ago. The only side effect I've had is constipation. I don't take the Coreg or Effient anymore, but the constipation has continued, but is diminished. So I can't say for sure which medication is causing the issue. I take 1 small capsule of Ducosate Sodium daily to counteract this side effect (the full dose of 3 capsules seems to be too much for me). This seems to do the trick for me. I have always had slightly low blood pressure. The Ramipril lowers it a bit more (unfortunately). I believe that after a heart attack, an ACE inhibitor is almost always prescribed regardless of blood pressure."