Capozide
Overview
- About Capozide
- Antigout drugs such as allopurinol
- Barbiturates such as phenobarbital or secobabital
- Calcium
- Cardiac glycosides such as digoxin
- Cholestyramine
- Colestipol
- Corticosteroids such as prednisone
- Diabetes medications such as glyburide and insulin
- Diazoxide
- Heart medications such as digoxin
- Lithium
- MAO inhibitors
- Methenamine
- Narcotics such as oxycodone hydrochloride
- Nitroglycerin or other nitrates
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as naproxen
- Norepinephrine
- Oral blood thinners such as warfarin sodium
- Other blood pressure drugs such as prazosin hydrochloride and terazosin hydrochloride
- Potassium-sparing diuretics such as amiloride
- Potassium supplements
- Probenecid
- Salt substitutes containing potassium
- Sulfinpyrazone
Special information if you are pregnant or breastfeeding
Return to topACE inhibitors such as Capozide have been shown to cause injury and even death to the developing baby when used in pregnancy during the second or third trimesters. If you are pregnant your doctor should discontinue your use of this medication as soon as possible. If you plan to become pregnant and are taking Capozide, contact your doctor immediately to discuss the potential hazard to your unborn child. Capozide appears in breast milk and could affect a nursing infant. If this medication is essential to your health, your doctor may advise you to discontinue breastfeeding until your treatment is finished.
Recommended dosage for Capozide
Return to topADULTS
Dosages of this drug are always individualized, and your doctor will determine what combination works best for you. This medication can be used in conjunction with other blood pressure medications such as beta blockers. Dosages are also adjusted for people with decreased kidney function.
The initial dose is one 25 milligram/15 milligram tablet, once a day. If this is not effective, your doctor may adjust the dosage upward every 6 weeks. In general, the daily dose of captopril should not exceed 150 milligrams. The maximum recommended daily dose of hydrochlorothiazide is 50 milligrams.
