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Amlodipine/Benazepril

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Lotrel is an ACE inhibitor used to lower blood pressure.

Full prescribing information is available at:

http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/search.cfm?startswith=lotrel&x=0&y=0

Check out Wikipedia for more user-friendly information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotrel

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This drug is excellent until you need a larger dose. At 5/20 it worked well. at 10/20 there are side affects: swelling of the feet and dizziness when bending down. (over medicated for me, I thought) it appears that the jump to 10/20 was too much amlodipine - which caused swelling.

I found that (with approval from my dr.) alternating 10/20 with 5/20 every other day worked much better: kept the b/p low (110-125/65 range) and removed swelling.

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