TEVA-FOSINOPRIL TABLET

Country: Canada

Language: English

Source: Health Canada

Active ingredient:

FOSINOPRIL SODIUM

Available from:

TEVA CANADA LIMITED

ATC code:

C09AA09

INN (International Name):

FOSINOPRIL

Dosage:

10MG

Pharmaceutical form:

TABLET

Composition:

FOSINOPRIL SODIUM 10MG

Administration route:

ORAL

Units in package:

100

Prescription type:

Prescription

Therapeutic area:

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS

Product summary:

Active ingredient group (AIG) number: 0122777001; AHFS:

Authorization status:

APPROVED

Authorization date:

2003-11-06

Summary of Product characteristics

PRODUCT MONOGRAPH
PR
TEVA-FOSINOPRIL
(Fosinopril sodium)
10 mg and 20 mg Tablets
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
Teva Canada Limited
Date of Revision: MAR 07, 2024
30 Novopharm Court
Toronto, Ontario
M1B 2K9
www.tevacanada.com
Control #: 280055
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PRODUCT MONOGRAPH
PR
TEVA-FOSINOPRIL
(fosinopril sodium)
10 mg and 20 mg Tablets
THERAPEUTIC CLASSIFICATION
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
ACTION AND CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
TEVA-FOSINOPRIL (fosinopril sodium) is an angiotensin converting
enzyme (ACE) inhibitor
which is used in the treatment of mild to moderate essential
hypertension and in the management
of symptomatic congestive heart failure.
Following oral administration, TEVA-FOSINOPRIL, an ester prodrug, is
rapidly hydrolyzed to
fosinoprilat, its principal active metabolite.
ACE is a peptidyl dipeptidase that catalyzes the conversion of
angiotensin I to the
vasoconstrictor substance, angiotensin II. Angiotensin II also
stimulates aldosterone secretion by
the adrenal cortex. Inhibition of ACE activity leads to decreased
levels of angiotensin II thereby
resulting in decreased vasoconstriction and decreased aldosterone
secretion. The latter decrease
may result in a small increase in serum potassium. Decreased levels of
angiotensin II and the
accompanying lack of negative feedback on renal renin secretion
results in increases in plasma
renin activity.
ACE is identical to kininase II. Thus, fosinopril may interfere with
the degradation of
bradykinin, a potent peptide vasodilator. However, it is not known
whether this contributes to the
therapeutic effects of TEVA-FOSINOPRIL.
While the mechanism through which TEVA-FOSINOPRIL lowers blood
pressure appears to
result primarily from suppression of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone
system, TEVA-
FOSINOPRIL has an antihypertensive effect even in patients with
low-renin hypertension.
The antihypertensive effect of angiotensin converting enzyme
inhibitors is generally lower in
black patients than in non-blacks.
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PHARMACOKINETICS AND METABOLISM
Following oral admi