Sentences with word «captopril»

One group received 1,000 mg a day of the olive leaf formulation for 8 weeks, while the other received a standard dose of captopril for the same amount of time.

The resulting drug, named captopril, is now commonly used to treat hypertension and certain cardiac diseases.

And it's not just captopril.

And, while captopril can feature side effects such as dizziness and dry cough — the olive leaf extract group experienced no adverse effects.

Zinc deficiency during captopril treatment.

In a randomized double - blind trial involving 232 participants with hypertension, researchers compared the blood pressure - lowering powers of olive leaf with that of captopril, a pharmaceutical hypertensive drug.

Of the seven venom - derived pharmaceuticals on the international market, the most successful, captopril, was derived from a peptide found in the venom of the Brazilian viper (Bothrops jararaca).

Bryan Fry, a colleague of Glenn King's at the University of Queensland and one of the world's most prolific venom researchers, says the captopril family and its derivatives still command a market worth billions of dollars a year.

In 1981, captopril, a drug based on pit viper venom, became the first venom - derived drug to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.

The researchers found that systolic readings decreased by 11.5 mmHg in the olive leaf group and 13.7 mmHg in the captopril group — leading the team to conclude that the effect of olive leaf was «similar» to that achieved by captopril.

Tell your veterinarian if your pet has ever had an allergic reaction to enalapril or any other ACE inhibitor such as lisinopril (Prinivil, Zestril), captopril (Capoten), or benazopril (Lotensin) or any other medications.

These may include beta - blockers such as propanolol or atenolol to reduce the heart rate, calcium channel blockers (diltiazem and captopril) to reduce the force of heart muscle contractions, ACE - inhibitors (enalapril, benazepril) to reduce blood volume, and vasodilators (amlodipine) to increase the diameter of blood vessels.

Two other ACE inhibitors that are occasionally used are benazepril (Lotensin) and captopril (Capoten).

The more common ACE inhibitors we use are Enalapril, benazepril, and captopril.