Drug Name

Aceon

Drug Uses

Aceon is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) as well as to halt heart attack in people with coronary artery disease.

How Taken

The usual starting dosage is 4 milligrams daily, used as a single dose or divided into two smaller doses. Your doctor may increase the dosage until your blood pressure is under control, up to a maximum of 16 milligrams per day.

Drug Class as well as Mechanism

Aceon is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor. It works by blocking ACE, an enzyme involved in narrowing blood vessels as well as causing sodium as well as fluid retention by the kidneys.

This causes blood vessels to relax, allowing blood to flow more freely as well as at a lower pressure, as well as increasing the heart's ability to pump blood in some types of heart failure.

Missed Dose

Take the missed dose as soon as you remember. But, incase it is too unhurried or almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose as well as take only your next regularly scheduled dose.

Storage

Store at room temperature, protected from moisture.

Warnings/Precautions

Aceon can cause side effects that may impair your thinking or reactions. Be careful incase you drive or do anything that requires you to be alert as well as alert.

Avoid drinking alcohol. It can further lower your blood pressure as well as may increase some of the side effects of perindopril.

Do not take salt substitutes or potassium supplements while using perindopril, unless your doctor has told you to.

A persistent, unproductive cough may occur. Tell your doctor incase this occurs. Recovery is rapid when the medicine is stopped.

Aceon may lower your resistance to infection. Halt infection by avoiding contact with people with colds or other infections. Do not touch you eyes or the inside of your nose unless you possess thoroughly washed your hands earliest.

Likely Side Effects

Incase any side effects develop, they are usually mild as well as are likely to disappear as therapy continues. But, incase any do appear, inform your doctor as soon as likely. Only your doctor can determine incase it is protected for you to continue using Aceon. More ordinary side effects may include:

• cough, dizziness, headache, leg pain, light-headedness, nasal inflammation, sore throat, upper respiratory infection, weakness.

More Information

Aceon can cause injury or death to the developing baby when used during the final 6 months of pregnancy. Aceon should be stopped as soon as you know that you're pregnant; contact your doctor immediately.