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ENALAPRIL ACTAVIS
_Enalapril maleate _
CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET
This leaflet answers some
common questions about
ENALAPRIL ACTAVIS. It does
not contain all the available
information.
It does not take the place of
talking to your doctor or
pharmacist.
All medicines have risks and
benefits. Your doctor has
weighed the risks of you taking
ENALAPRIL ACTAVIS against
the benefits they expect it will
have for you.
IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS
ABOUT TAKING THIS MEDICINE,
ASK YOUR DOCTOR OR
PHARMACIST.
KEEP THIS LEAFLET WITH THE
MEDICINE.
You may need to read it again.
WHAT ENALAPRIL
ACTAVISIS USED FOR
ENALAPRIL ACTAVIS lowers
high blood pressure, which
doctors call hypertension. It is
also used to treat heart failure.
HYPERTENSION:
Everyone has blood pressure.
This pressure helps get your
blood all around your body.
Your blood pressure may be
different at different times of the
day, depending on how busy or
worried you are. You have
hypertension (high blood
pressure) when your blood
pressure stays higher than is
needed, even when you are
calm and relaxed.
There are usually no symptoms
of hypertension. The only way
of knowing that you have
hypertension is to have your
blood pressure checked on a
regular basis. If high blood
pressure is not treated it can
lead to serious health
problems. You may feel fine
and have no symptoms, but
eventually hypertension can
cause stroke, heart disease
and kidney failure. ENALAPRIL
ACTAVIS helps to lower your
blood pressure.
HEART FAILURE:
Heart failure means that the
heart muscle cannot pump
blood strongly enough to supply
all the blood needed throughout
the body. Heart failure is not
the same as heart attack and
does not mean that the heart
stops working. Heart failure
may start off with no symptoms,
but as the condition
progresses, patients may feel
short of breath or may get tired
easily after light physical
activity such as walking. Some
patients may wake up short of
breath at night. Fluid may
collect in different parts o
                                
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