Ramipril 5 mg capsules

Capsules, hard - red/White size '4' hard gelatin capsules imprinted with 'D' on red cap and '42' on white body with black edible ink filled with white to almost white powder.

Therapeutic indications:
• Treatment of hypertension.
• Cardiovascular prevention: reduction of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with:
• Manifest atherothrombotic cardiovascular disease (history of coronary heart disease or stroke, or peripheral vascular disease) or
• Diabetes with at least one cardiovascular risk factor (see section 5.1).
• Treatment of renal disease:
• Incipient glomerular diabetic nephropathy as defined by the presence of microalbuminuria,
• Manifest glomerular diabetic nephropathy as defined by macroproteinuria in patients with at least one cardiovascular risk factor (see section 5.1),
• Manifest glomerular non diabetic nephropathy as defined by macroproteinuria ? 3 g/day (see section 5.1).
• Treatment of symptomatic heart failure.
• Secondary prevention after acute myocardial infarction: reduction of mortality from the acute phase of myocardial infarction in patients with clinical signs of heart failure when started > 48 hours following acute myocardial infarction.

Features

Nature and contents of container:
• Ramipril capsules are available in Clear PVC/ PE/ PVdC- Aluminium blister pack and white opaque HDPE bottle pack.
Pack size:
• Blister pack: 7, 10, 14, 20, 21, 28, 30, 42, 50, 56, 60, 90, 98 & 100 capsules
• Bottle pack: 30, 100, 500 & 1000 capsules

Special precautions for storage:
• Do not store above 25° C.
• Keep the blister in the outer carton. Keep the container tightly closed.
• Store in the original package to protect from moisture.