Active Ingredient: Lisinopril
Treatment of renal disease in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and incipient nephropathy.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
For:
Oral, 10 milligrams lisinopril, once daily. Afterwards, oral, between 10 milligrams lisinopril and 20 milligrams lisinopril, once daily.
In hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and incipient nephropathy, the dose is 10 mg lisinopril once daily which can be increased to 20 mg once daily, if necessary, to achieve a sitting diastolic blood pressure below 90 mmHg.
In cases of renal impairment (creatinine clearance <80 ml/min), the initial lisinopril dosage should be adjusted according to the patient’s creatinine clearance.
Lisinopril should be taken at approximately the same time each day. The absorption of lisinopril is not affected by food.
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