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When pregnancy is detected, discontinue Lotensin as soon as possible. Drugs that act directly on the renin-angiotensin system can cause injury and death to the developing fetus.
When pregnancy is detected, discontinue Benazepril as soon as possible. Drugs that act directly on the renin-angiotensin system can cause injury and death to the developing fetus.
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* Dosing Information
* Dosing Information


:* Initial dose (not receiving a diuretic): [[Lotensin]] 10 mg PO qd
:* Initial dose (not receiving a diuretic): [[Benazepril]] 10 mg PO qd


:* Initial dose (concurrent diuretic use): the [[diuretic]] should be discontinued 2 to 3 days prior to initiating [[Lotensin]] to reduce the likelihood of [[hypotension]] (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Warnings|Warnings]]''). If [[blood pressure]] is not controlled with [[Lotensin]] alone, [[diuretic]] should be resumed and [[Lotensin]] 5 mg PO qd should be used.
:* Initial dose (concurrent diuretic use): the [[diuretic]] should be discontinued 2 to 3 days prior to initiating [[Benazepril]] to reduce the likelihood of [[hypotension]] (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Warnings|Warnings]]''). If [[blood pressure]] is not controlled with [[Benazepril]] alone, [[diuretic]] should be resumed and [[Benazepril]] 5 mg PO qd should be used.


:* Maintenance dose: [[Lotensin]] 20—40 mg PO qd or [[Lotensin]] 10—20 mg PO bid (MAX 80 mg/day)
:* Maintenance dose: [[Benazepril]] 20—40 mg PO qd or [[Benazepril]] 10—20 mg PO bid (MAX 80 mg/day)


::* The divided regimen was more effective in controlling trough (pre-dosing) [[blood pressure]] than the same dose given as a once-daily regimen. Dosage adjustment should be based on measurement of peak (2-6 hours after dosing) and trough responses. If a once-daily regimen does not give adequate trough response, an increase in dosage or divided administration should be considered.
::* The divided regimen was more effective in controlling trough (pre-dosing) [[blood pressure]] than the same dose given as a once-daily regimen. Dosage adjustment should be based on measurement of peak (2-6 hours after dosing) and trough responses. If a once-daily regimen does not give adequate trough response, an increase in dosage or divided administration should be considered.


::* If [[blood pressure]] is not controlled with [[Lotensin]] alone, a [[diuretic]] can be added.
::* If [[blood pressure]] is not controlled with [[Benazepril]] alone, a [[diuretic]] can be added.


::* Concomitant administration of [[Lotensin]] with [[potassium]] supplements, [[potassium]] salt substitutes, or [[potassium-sparing diuretic]]s can lead to increases of serum [[potassium]].<ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web  | last =  | first =  | title = LOTENSIN (BENAZEPRIL HYDROCHLORIDE) TABLET [NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION] | url = http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=4d954024-a191-46e3-ba71-2a7d5b0c65d5 | publisher =  | date =  | accessdate = }}</ref>
::* Concomitant administration of [[Benazepril]] with [[potassium]] supplements, [[potassium]] salt substitutes, or [[potassium-sparing diuretic]]s can lead to increases of serum [[potassium]].<ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web  | last =  | first =  | title = Benazepril (BENAZEPRIL HYDROCHLORIDE) TABLET [NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION] | url = http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=4d954024-a191-46e3-ba71-2a7d5b0c65d5 | publisher =  | date =  | accessdate = }}</ref>


===Off-Label Use and Dosage (Adult)===
===Off-Label Use and Dosage (Adult)===
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* Dosing Information
* Dosing Information


:* Initial dose: [[Lotensin]] 0.2 mg/kg PO qd (for pediatric patients above the age of 6 years)
:* Initial dose: [[Benazepril]] 0.2 mg/kg PO qd (for pediatric patients above the age of 6 years)


[[Lotensin]] is indicated for the treatment of [[hypertension]]. It may be used alone or in combination with [[thiazide]] [[diuretics]].
[[Benazepril]] is indicated for the treatment of [[hypertension]]. It may be used alone or in combination with [[thiazide]] [[diuretics]].


In children, doses of Lotensin between 0.1 and 0.6 mg/kg once daily have been studied, and doses greater than 0.1 mg/kg were shown to reduce [[blood pressure]] (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Pharmacodynamics|Pharmacodynamics]]''). Based on this, the recommended starting dose of [[Lotensin]] is 0.2 mg/kg once per day as monotherapy. Doses above 0.6 mg/kg (or in excess of 40 mg daily) have not been studied in pediatric patients.
In children, doses of Benazepril between 0.1 and 0.6 mg/kg once daily have been studied, and doses greater than 0.1 mg/kg were shown to reduce [[blood pressure]] (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Pharmacodynamics|Pharmacodynamics]]''). Based on this, the recommended starting dose of [[Benazepril]] is 0.2 mg/kg once per day as monotherapy. Doses above 0.6 mg/kg (or in excess of 40 mg daily) have not been studied in pediatric patients.


For pediatric patients who cannot swallow tablets, or for whom the calculated dosage (mg/kg) does not correspond to the available tablet strengths for Lotensin, follow the suspension preparation instructions to administer [[benazepril]] HCl as a suspension.
For pediatric patients who cannot swallow tablets, or for whom the calculated dosage (mg/kg) does not correspond to the available tablet strengths for Benazepril, follow the suspension preparation instructions to administer [[benazepril]] HCl as a suspension.


Treatment with [[Lotensin]] is not advised for children below the age of 6 years (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Pediatric Use|Pediatric Use]]'')  and in pediatric patients with [[glomerular filtration rate]] ≤30 mL, as there are insufficient data available to support a dosing recommendation in these groups.
Treatment with [[Benazepril]] is not advised for children below the age of 6 years (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Pediatric Use|Pediatric Use]]'')  and in pediatric patients with [[glomerular filtration rate]] ≤30 mL, as there are insufficient data available to support a dosing recommendation in these groups.


===Off-Label Use and Dosage (Pediatric)===
===Off-Label Use and Dosage (Pediatric)===


There is limited information about ''Off-Label Use and Dosage'' of Lotensin tablet in pediatric patients.
There is limited information about ''Off-Label Use and Dosage'' of Benazepril tablet in pediatric patients.


==Contraindications==
==Contraindications==
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=====Anaphylactoid and Possibly Related Reactions=====
=====Anaphylactoid and Possibly Related Reactions=====


Presumably because [[ACEI|angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors]] affect the metabolism of [[eicosanoids]] and polypeptides, including endogenous [[bradykinin]], patients receiving [[ACE inhibitors]] (including [[Lotensin]]) may be subject to a variety of adverse reactions, some of them serious.
Presumably because [[ACEI|angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors]] affect the metabolism of [[eicosanoids]] and polypeptides, including endogenous [[bradykinin]], patients receiving [[ACE inhibitors]] (including [[Benazepril]]) may be subject to a variety of adverse reactions, some of them serious.


'''Head and Neck Angioedema''': [[Angioedema]] of the face, extremities, lips, tongue, [[glottis]], and [[larynx]] has been reported in patients treated with [[angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors]]. In U.S. clinical trials, symptoms consistent with [[angioedema]] were seen in none of the subjects who received placebo and in about 0.5% of the subjects who received Lotensin. [[Angioedema]] associated with [[laryngeal edema]] can be fatal. If laryngeal [[stridor]] or angioedema of the face, tongue, or [[glottis]] occurs, treatment with Lotensin should be discontinued and appropriate therapy instituted immediately. Where there is involvement of the tongue, [[glottis]], or [[larynx]], likely to cause airway obstruction, appropriate therapy, e.g., subcutaneous [[epinephrine]] injection 1:1000 (0.3 mL to 0.5 mL) should be promptly administered (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Adverse Reactions|Adverse Reactions]]'').
'''Head and Neck Angioedema''': [[Angioedema]] of the face, extremities, lips, tongue, [[glottis]], and [[larynx]] has been reported in patients treated with [[angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors]]. In U.S. clinical trials, symptoms consistent with [[angioedema]] were seen in none of the subjects who received placebo and in about 0.5% of the subjects who received Benazepril. [[Angioedema]] associated with [[laryngeal edema]] can be fatal. If laryngeal [[stridor]] or angioedema of the face, tongue, or [[glottis]] occurs, treatment with Benazepril should be discontinued and appropriate therapy instituted immediately. Where there is involvement of the tongue, [[glottis]], or [[larynx]], likely to cause airway obstruction, appropriate therapy, e.g., subcutaneous [[epinephrine]] injection 1:1000 (0.3 mL to 0.5 mL) should be promptly administered (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Adverse Reactions|Adverse Reactions]]'').


Black patients receiving [[ACEI|ACE inhibitors]] have been reported to have a higher incidence of [[angioedema]] compared to nonblacks.
Black patients receiving [[ACEI|ACE inhibitors]] have been reported to have a higher incidence of [[angioedema]] compared to nonblacks.
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=====Hypotension=====
=====Hypotension=====


Lotensin can cause symptomatic [[hypotension]]. Like other [[ACE inhibitor]]s, [[benazepril]] has been only rarely associated with [[hypotension]] in uncomplicated [[hypertension|hypertensive]] patients. Symptomatic [[hypotension]] is most likely to occur in patients who have been volume-and/or salt-depleted as a result of prolonged [[diuretic]] therapy, dietary salt restriction, [[dialysis]], [[diarrhea]], or [[vomiting]]. Volume-and/or salt-depletion should be corrected before initiating therapy with Lotensin.
Benazepril can cause symptomatic [[hypotension]]. Like other [[ACE inhibitor]]s, [[benazepril]] has been only rarely associated with [[hypotension]] in uncomplicated [[hypertension|hypertensive]] patients. Symptomatic [[hypotension]] is most likely to occur in patients who have been volume-and/or salt-depleted as a result of prolonged [[diuretic]] therapy, dietary salt restriction, [[dialysis]], [[diarrhea]], or [[vomiting]]. Volume-and/or salt-depletion should be corrected before initiating therapy with Benazepril.


In patients with [[congestive heart failure]], with or without associated [[renal insufficiency]], [[ACE inhibitor]] therapy may cause excessive [[hypotension]], which may be associated with [[oliguria]] or [[azotemia]] and, rarely, with [[acute renal failure]] and death. In such patients, Lotensin therapy should be started under close medical supervision; they should be followed closely for the first 2 weeks of treatment and whenever the dose of benazepril or diuretic is increased.
In patients with [[congestive heart failure]], with or without associated [[renal insufficiency]], [[ACE inhibitor]] therapy may cause excessive [[hypotension]], which may be associated with [[oliguria]] or [[azotemia]] and, rarely, with [[acute renal failure]] and death. In such patients, Benazepril therapy should be started under close medical supervision; they should be followed closely for the first 2 weeks of treatment and whenever the dose of benazepril or diuretic is increased.


If [[hypotension]] occurs, the patient should be placed in a supine position, and, if necessary, treated with intravenous infusion of physiological [[saline]]. Lotensin treatment usually can be continued following restoration of [[blood pressure]] and volume.
If [[hypotension]] occurs, the patient should be placed in a supine position, and, if necessary, treated with intravenous infusion of physiological [[saline]]. Benazepril treatment usually can be continued following restoration of [[blood pressure]] and volume.


=====Fetal toxicity=====
=====Fetal toxicity=====


Use of drugs that act on the [[renin-angiotensin system]] during the [[second trimester|second]] and [[third trimester]]s of [[pregnancy]] reduces fetal [[renal function]] and increases fetal and neonatal morbidity and death. Resulting [[oligohydramnios]] can be associated with fetal lung [[hypoplasia]] and skeletal deformations. Potential neonatal adverse effects include skull [[hypoplasia]], [[anuria]], [[hypotension]], [[renal failure]], and death. When [[pregnancy]] is detected, discontinue Lotensin as soon as possible. These adverse outcomes are usually associated with use of these drugs in the [[second trimester|second]] and [[third trimester]] of [[pregnancy]]. Most epidemiologic studies examining fetal abnormalities after exposure to [[antihypertensive]] use in the first trimester have not distinguished drugs affecting the [[renin]]-[[angiotensin]] system from other [[antihypertensive agent]]s. Appropriate management of [[maternal hypertension]] during [[pregnancy]] is important to optimize outcomes for both mother and fetus.
Use of drugs that act on the [[renin-angiotensin system]] during the [[second trimester|second]] and [[third trimester]]s of [[pregnancy]] reduces fetal [[renal function]] and increases fetal and neonatal morbidity and death. Resulting [[oligohydramnios]] can be associated with fetal lung [[hypoplasia]] and skeletal deformations. Potential neonatal adverse effects include skull [[hypoplasia]], [[anuria]], [[hypotension]], [[renal failure]], and death. When [[pregnancy]] is detected, discontinue Benazepril as soon as possible. These adverse outcomes are usually associated with use of these drugs in the [[second trimester|second]] and [[third trimester]] of [[pregnancy]]. Most epidemiologic studies examining fetal abnormalities after exposure to [[antihypertensive]] use in the first trimester have not distinguished drugs affecting the [[renin]]-[[angiotensin]] system from other [[antihypertensive agent]]s. Appropriate management of [[maternal hypertension]] during [[pregnancy]] is important to optimize outcomes for both mother and fetus.


In the unusual case that there is no appropriate alternative to therapy with drugs affecting the [[renin-angiotensin system]] for a particular patient, apprise the mother of the potential risk to the fetus. Perform serial [[ultrasound]] examinations to assess the intra-amniotic environment. If [[oligohydramnios]] is observed, discontinue [[Lotensin]], unless it is considered lifesaving for the mother. Fetal testing may be appropriate, based on the week of [[pregnancy]]. Patients and physicians should be aware, however, that [[oligohydramnios]] may not appear until after the fetus has sustained irreversible injury. Closely observe infants with histories of [[in utero]] exposure to [[Lotensin]] for [[hypotension]], [[oliguria]], and [[hyperkalemia]] (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Pediatric Use|Pediatric Use]]'').
In the unusual case that there is no appropriate alternative to therapy with drugs affecting the [[renin-angiotensin system]] for a particular patient, apprise the mother of the potential risk to the fetus. Perform serial [[ultrasound]] examinations to assess the intra-amniotic environment. If [[oligohydramnios]] is observed, discontinue [[Benazepril]], unless it is considered lifesaving for the mother. Fetal testing may be appropriate, based on the week of [[pregnancy]]. Patients and physicians should be aware, however, that [[oligohydramnios]] may not appear until after the fetus has sustained irreversible injury. Closely observe infants with histories of [[in utero]] exposure to [[Benazepril]] for [[hypotension]], [[oliguria]], and [[hyperkalemia]] (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Pediatric Use|Pediatric Use]]'').


No [[teratogenic]] effects of [[Lotensin]] were seen in studies of pregnant rats, mice, and rabbits. On a mg/m2 basis, the doses used in these studies were 60 times (in rats), 9 times (in mice), and more than 0.8 times (in rabbits) the maximum recommended human dose (assuming a 50-kg woman). On a mg/kg basis these multiples are 300 times (in rats), 90 times (in mice), and more than 3 times (in rabbits) the maximum recommended human dose.
No [[teratogenic]] effects of [[Benazepril]] were seen in studies of pregnant rats, mice, and rabbits. On a mg/m2 basis, the doses used in these studies were 60 times (in rats), 9 times (in mice), and more than 0.8 times (in rabbits) the maximum recommended human dose (assuming a 50-kg woman). On a mg/kg basis these multiples are 300 times (in rats), 90 times (in mice), and more than 3 times (in rabbits) the maximum recommended human dose.


=====Hepatic Failure=====
=====Hepatic Failure=====
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===Clinical Trials Experience===
===Clinical Trials Experience===


[[Lotensin]] has been evaluated for safety in over 6000 patients with [[hypertension]]; over 700 of these patients were treated for at least one year. The overall incidence of reported adverse events was comparable in [[Lotensin]] and [[placebo]] patients.
[[Benazepril]] has been evaluated for safety in over 6000 patients with [[hypertension]]; over 700 of these patients were treated for at least one year. The overall incidence of reported adverse events was comparable in [[Benazepril]] and [[placebo]] patients.


The reported side effects were generally mild and transient, and there was no relation between side effects and age, duration of therapy, or total dosage within the range of 2 to 80 mg. Discontinuation of therapy because of a side effect was required in approximately 5% of U.S. patients treated with [[Lotensin]] and in 3% of patients treated with [[placebo]].
The reported side effects were generally mild and transient, and there was no relation between side effects and age, duration of therapy, or total dosage within the range of 2 to 80 mg. Discontinuation of therapy because of a side effect was required in approximately 5% of U.S. patients treated with [[Benazepril]] and in 3% of patients treated with [[placebo]].


The most common reasons for discontinuation were [[headache]] (0.6%) and [[cough]] (0.5%)
The most common reasons for discontinuation were [[headache]] (0.6%) and [[cough]] (0.5%)


The side effects considered possibly or probably related to study drug that occurred in U.S. [[placebo]]-controlled trials in more than 1% of patients treated with [[Lotensin]] are shown below.
The side effects considered possibly or probably related to study drug that occurred in U.S. [[placebo]]-controlled trials in more than 1% of patients treated with [[Benazepril]] are shown below.


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=====Clinical Laboratory Test Findings=====
=====Clinical Laboratory Test Findings=====


'''Hemoglobin''': Decreases in [[hemoglobin]] (a low value and a decrease of 5 g/dL) were rare, occurring in only 1 of 2,014 patients receiving Lotensin alone and in 1 of 1,357 patients receiving [[Lotensin]] plus a [[diuretic]]. No U.S. patients discontinued treatment because of decreases in [[hemoglobin]].
'''Hemoglobin''': Decreases in [[hemoglobin]] (a low value and a decrease of 5 g/dL) were rare, occurring in only 1 of 2,014 patients receiving Benazepril alone and in 1 of 1,357 patients receiving [[Benazepril]] plus a [[diuretic]]. No U.S. patients discontinued treatment because of decreases in [[hemoglobin]].


'''Other (causal relationships unknown)''': Elevations of [[uric acid]], blood [[glucose]], serum [[bilirubin]], and liver enzymes (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Warnings|Warnings]]'') have been reported, as have scattered incidents of [[hyponatremia]], [[electrocardiographic]] changes, [[eosinophilia]], and [[proteinuria]].
'''Other (causal relationships unknown)''': Elevations of [[uric acid]], blood [[glucose]], serum [[bilirubin]], and liver enzymes (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Warnings|Warnings]]'') have been reported, as have scattered incidents of [[hyponatremia]], [[electrocardiographic]] changes, [[eosinophilia]], and [[proteinuria]].
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* [[NSAID|Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)]] including selective [[COX-2 inhibitor|cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors (COX-2 inhibitors)]]
* [[NSAID|Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)]] including selective [[COX-2 inhibitor|cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors (COX-2 inhibitors)]]


'''Diuretics''': Patients on [[diuretic]]s, especially those in whom [[diuretic]] therapy was recently instituted, may occasionally experience an excessive reduction of [[blood pressure]] after initiation of therapy with [[Lotensin]]. The possibility of [[hypotensive]] effects with [[Lotensin]] can be minimized by either discontinuing the [[diuretic]] or increasing the salt intake prior to initiation of treatment with [[Lotensin]]. If this is not possible, the starting dose should be reduced (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Adult Indications and Dosage|Adult Indications and Dosage]]'').
'''Diuretics''': Patients on [[diuretic]]s, especially those in whom [[diuretic]] therapy was recently instituted, may occasionally experience an excessive reduction of [[blood pressure]] after initiation of therapy with [[Benazepril]]. The possibility of [[hypotensive]] effects with [[Benazepril]] can be minimized by either discontinuing the [[diuretic]] or increasing the salt intake prior to initiation of treatment with [[Benazepril]]. If this is not possible, the starting dose should be reduced (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Adult Indications and Dosage|Adult Indications and Dosage]]'').


'''Potassium Supplements and Potassium-Sparing Diuretics''': Concomitant use with [[Lotensin]] may effect [[potassium]] levels. Monitor [[potassium]] periodically.
'''Potassium Supplements and Potassium-Sparing Diuretics''': Concomitant use with [[Benazepril]] may effect [[potassium]] levels. Monitor [[potassium]] periodically.


'''Oral Anticoagulants''': Interaction studies with [[warfarin]] and [[acenocoumarol]] failed to identify any clinically important effects on the serum concentrations or clinical effects of these [[anticoagulant]]s.
'''Oral Anticoagulants''': Interaction studies with [[warfarin]] and [[acenocoumarol]] failed to identify any clinically important effects on the serum concentrations or clinical effects of these [[anticoagulant]]s.


'''Lithium''': Increased serum [[lithium]] levels and symptoms of [[lithium toxicity]] have been reported in patients receiving [[ACEI|ACE inhibitors]] (including [[benazepril]]) during therapy with [[lithium]]. Monitor [[lithium]] levels when used concomitantly with [[Lotensin]].
'''Lithium''': Increased serum [[lithium]] levels and symptoms of [[lithium toxicity]] have been reported in patients receiving [[ACEI|ACE inhibitors]] (including [[benazepril]]) during therapy with [[lithium]]. Monitor [[lithium]] levels when used concomitantly with [[Benazepril]].


'''Gold''': Nitritoid reactions (symptoms include facial [[flushing]], [[nausea]], [[vomiting]] and [[hypotension]]) have been reported rarely in patients on therapy with injectable gold (sodium aurothiomalate) and concomitant [[ACE inhibitor]] therapy.
'''Gold''': Nitritoid reactions (symptoms include facial [[flushing]], [[nausea]], [[vomiting]] and [[hypotension]]) have been reported rarely in patients on therapy with injectable gold (sodium aurothiomalate) and concomitant [[ACE inhibitor]] therapy.
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The [[antihypertensive]] effect of [[ACE inhibitor]]s, including [[benazepril]], may be attenuated by [[NSAID]]s.
The [[antihypertensive]] effect of [[ACE inhibitor]]s, including [[benazepril]], may be attenuated by [[NSAID]]s.


'''Other''': Lotensin has been used concomitantly with [[beta blocker|beta-adrenergic-blocking agents]], [[CCB|calcium-channel-blocking agents]], [[diuretic]]s, [[digoxin]], and [[hydralazine]], without evidence of clinically important adverse interactions. [[Benazepril]], like other [[ACE inhibitor]]s, has had less than additive effects with [[beta blocker|beta-adrenergic blockers]], presumably because both drugs lower [[blood pressure]] by inhibiting parts of the [[renin-angiotensin system]].
'''Other''': Benazepril has been used concomitantly with [[beta blocker|beta-adrenergic-blocking agents]], [[CCB|calcium-channel-blocking agents]], [[diuretic]]s, [[digoxin]], and [[hydralazine]], without evidence of clinically important adverse interactions. [[Benazepril]], like other [[ACE inhibitor]]s, has had less than additive effects with [[beta blocker|beta-adrenergic blockers]], presumably because both drugs lower [[blood pressure]] by inhibiting parts of the [[renin-angiotensin system]].


The [[pharmacokinetics]] of [[benazepril]] are not affected by the following drugs: [[hydrochlorothiazide]], [[furosemide]], [[chlorthalidone]], [[digoxin]], [[propranolol]], [[atenolol]], [[nifedipine]], [[amlodipine]], [[naproxen]], [[acetylsalicylic acid]], or [[cimetidine]]. Likewise the administration of [[benazepril]] does not substantially affect the [[pharmacokinetics]] of these medications ([[cimetidine]] kinetics were not studied).
The [[pharmacokinetics]] of [[benazepril]] are not affected by the following drugs: [[hydrochlorothiazide]], [[furosemide]], [[chlorthalidone]], [[digoxin]], [[propranolol]], [[atenolol]], [[nifedipine]], [[amlodipine]], [[naproxen]], [[acetylsalicylic acid]], or [[cimetidine]]. Likewise the administration of [[benazepril]] does not substantially affect the [[pharmacokinetics]] of these medications ([[cimetidine]] kinetics were not studied).
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=====Fetal toxicity=====
=====Fetal toxicity=====


Use of drugs that act on the [[renin-angiotensin system]] during the second and [[third trimester]]s of [[pregnancy]] reduces fetal [[renal function]] and increases fetal and neonatal morbidity and death. Resulting [[oligohydramnios]] can be associated with fetal lung [[hypoplasia]] and skeletal deformations. Potential neonatal adverse effects include skull [[hypoplasia]], [[anuria]], [[hypotension]], [[renal failure]], and death. When [[pregnancy]] is detected, discontinue [[Lotensin]] as soon as possible. These adverse outcomes are usually associated with use of these drugs in the [[second trimester|second]] and [[third trimester]] of [[pregnancy]]. Most epidemiologic studies examining fetal abnormalities after exposure to [[antihypertensive]] use in the first trimester have not distinguished drugs affecting the [[renin-angiotensin system]] from other [[antihypertensive agent]]s. Appropriate management of [[maternal hypertension]] during pregnancy is important to optimize outcomes for both mother and fetus.
Use of drugs that act on the [[renin-angiotensin system]] during the second and [[third trimester]]s of [[pregnancy]] reduces fetal [[renal function]] and increases fetal and neonatal morbidity and death. Resulting [[oligohydramnios]] can be associated with fetal lung [[hypoplasia]] and skeletal deformations. Potential neonatal adverse effects include skull [[hypoplasia]], [[anuria]], [[hypotension]], [[renal failure]], and death. When [[pregnancy]] is detected, discontinue [[Benazepril]] as soon as possible. These adverse outcomes are usually associated with use of these drugs in the [[second trimester|second]] and [[third trimester]] of [[pregnancy]]. Most epidemiologic studies examining fetal abnormalities after exposure to [[antihypertensive]] use in the first trimester have not distinguished drugs affecting the [[renin-angiotensin system]] from other [[antihypertensive agent]]s. Appropriate management of [[maternal hypertension]] during pregnancy is important to optimize outcomes for both mother and fetus.


In the unusual case that there is no appropriate alternative to therapy with drugs affecting the [[renin-angiotensin system]] for a particular patient, apprise the mother of the potential risk to the fetus. Perform serial [[ultrasound]] examinations to assess the intra-amniotic environment. If [[oligohydramnios]] is observed, discontinue [[Lotensin]], unless it is considered lifesaving for the mother. Fetal testing may be appropriate, based on the week of [[pregnancy]]. Patients and physicians should be aware, however, that [[oligohydramnios]] may not appear until after the fetus has sustained irreversible injury. Closely observe infants with histories of [[in utero]] exposure to [[Lotensin]] for [[hypotension]], [[oliguria]], and [[hyperkalemia]] (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Pediatric Use|Pediatric Use]]'').
In the unusual case that there is no appropriate alternative to therapy with drugs affecting the [[renin-angiotensin system]] for a particular patient, apprise the mother of the potential risk to the fetus. Perform serial [[ultrasound]] examinations to assess the intra-amniotic environment. If [[oligohydramnios]] is observed, discontinue [[Benazepril]], unless it is considered lifesaving for the mother. Fetal testing may be appropriate, based on the week of [[pregnancy]]. Patients and physicians should be aware, however, that [[oligohydramnios]] may not appear until after the fetus has sustained irreversible injury. Closely observe infants with histories of [[in utero]] exposure to [[Benazepril]] for [[hypotension]], [[oliguria]], and [[hyperkalemia]] (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Pediatric Use|Pediatric Use]]'').


No [[teratogenic]] effects of [[Lotensin]] were seen in studies of pregnant rats, mice, and rabbits. On a mg/m2 basis, the doses used in these studies were 60 times (in rats), 9 times (in mice), and more than 0.8 times (in rabbits) the maximum recommended human dose (assuming a 50-kg woman). On a mg/kg basis these multiples are 300 times (in rats), 90 times (in mice), and more than 3 times (in rabbits) the maximum recommended human dose.
No [[teratogenic]] effects of [[Benazepril]] were seen in studies of pregnant rats, mice, and rabbits. On a mg/m2 basis, the doses used in these studies were 60 times (in rats), 9 times (in mice), and more than 0.8 times (in rabbits) the maximum recommended human dose (assuming a 50-kg woman). On a mg/kg basis these multiples are 300 times (in rats), 90 times (in mice), and more than 3 times (in rabbits) the maximum recommended human dose.


====Labor and Delivery====
====Labor and Delivery====
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====Pediatric Use====
====Pediatric Use====


=====Neonates with a history of in utero exposure to Lotensin=====
=====Neonates with a history of in utero exposure to Benazepril=====


If [[oliguria]] or [[hypotension]] occurs, direct attention toward support of [[blood pressure]] and renal perfusion. Exchange transfusions or [[dialysis]] may be required as a means of reversing [[hypotension]] and/or substituting for disordered renal function. [[Benazepril]], which crosses the [[placenta]], can theoretically be removed from the neonatal circulation by these means; there are occasional reports of benefit from these maneuvers with another [[ACE inhibitor]], but experience is limited.
If [[oliguria]] or [[hypotension]] occurs, direct attention toward support of [[blood pressure]] and renal perfusion. Exchange transfusions or [[dialysis]] may be required as a means of reversing [[hypotension]] and/or substituting for disordered renal function. [[Benazepril]], which crosses the [[placenta]], can theoretically be removed from the neonatal circulation by these means; there are occasional reports of benefit from these maneuvers with another [[ACE inhibitor]], but experience is limited.


The [[antihypertensive]] effects of Lotensin have been evaluated in a double-blind study in pediatric patients 7 to 16 years of age (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Pharmacodynamics|Pharmacodynamics]]''). The [[pharmacokinetics]] of Lotensin have been evaluated in pediatric patients 6 to 16 years of age (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Pharmacokinetics|Pharmacokinetics]]'') . [[Lotensin]] was generally well tolerated and adverse effects were similar to those described in adults. (See ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Adverse Reactions|Adverse Reactions]]''). The long-term effects of [[benazepril]] on growth and development have not been studied. Infants below the age of 1 year should not be given Lotensin because of the risk of effects on kidney development.
The [[antihypertensive]] effects of Benazepril have been evaluated in a double-blind study in pediatric patients 7 to 16 years of age (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Pharmacodynamics|Pharmacodynamics]]''). The [[pharmacokinetics]] of Benazepril have been evaluated in pediatric patients 6 to 16 years of age (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Pharmacokinetics|Pharmacokinetics]]'') . [[Benazepril]] was generally well tolerated and adverse effects were similar to those described in adults. (See ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Adverse Reactions|Adverse Reactions]]''). The long-term effects of [[benazepril]] on growth and development have not been studied. Infants below the age of 1 year should not be given Benazepril because of the risk of effects on kidney development.


Treatment with Lotensin is not recommended in pediatric patients less than 6 years of age (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Adverse Reactions|Adverse Reactions]]''), and in children with [[glomerular filtration rate]] ≤30 mL/min as there are insufficient data available to support a dosing recommendation in these groups. (See ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Pharmacokinetics|Pharmacokinetics]]''.)
Treatment with Benazepril is not recommended in pediatric patients less than 6 years of age (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Adverse Reactions|Adverse Reactions]]''), and in children with [[glomerular filtration rate]] ≤30 mL/min as there are insufficient data available to support a dosing recommendation in these groups. (See ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Pharmacokinetics|Pharmacokinetics]]''.)


====Geriatric Use====
====Geriatric Use====


Of the total number of patients who received [[benazepril]] in U.S. clinical studies of Lotensin, 18% were 65 or older while 2% were 75 or older. No overall differences in effectiveness or safety were observed between these patients and younger patients, and other reported clinical experience has not identified differences in responses between the elderly and younger patients, but greater sensitivity of some older individuals cannot be ruled out.
Of the total number of patients who received [[benazepril]] in U.S. clinical studies of Benazepril, 18% were 65 or older while 2% were 75 or older. No overall differences in effectiveness or safety were observed between these patients and younger patients, and other reported clinical experience has not identified differences in responses between the elderly and younger patients, but greater sensitivity of some older individuals cannot be ruled out.


[[Benazepril]] and benazeprilat are substantially excreted by the kidney. Because elderly patients are more likely to have [[renal insufficiency|decreased renal function]], care should be taken in dose selection, and it may be useful to monitor [[renal function]].
[[Benazepril]] and benazeprilat are substantially excreted by the kidney. Because elderly patients are more likely to have [[renal insufficiency|decreased renal function]], care should be taken in dose selection, and it may be useful to monitor [[renal function]].
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====Renal Impairment====
====Renal Impairment====


As a consequence of inhibiting the [[renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system]], changes in [[renal function]] may be anticipated in susceptible individuals. In patients with severe [[congestive heart failure]] whose [[renal function]] may depend on the activity of the [[renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system]], treatment with [[ACEI|angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors]], including [[Lotensin]], may be associated with [[oliguria]] and/or progressive [[azotemia]] and (rarely) with [[acute renal failure]] and/or death. In a small study of [[hypertensive]] patients with [[renal artery stenosis]] in a solitary kidney or bilateral [[renal artery stenosis]], treatment with [[Lotensin]] was associated with increases in [[BUN|blood urea nitrogen]] and serum [[creatinine]]; these increases were reversible upon discontinuation of [[Lotensin]] or [[diuretic]] therapy, or both. When such patients are treated with [[ACE inhibitor]]s, [[renal function]] should be monitored during the first few weeks of therapy. Some [[hypertensive]] patients with no apparent preexisting renal vascular disease have developed increases in [[BUN|blood urea nitrogen]] and serum [[creatinine]], usually minor and transient, especially when [[Lotensin]] has been given concomitantly with a [[diuretic]]. This is more likely to occur in patients with preexisting [[renal impairment]]. Dosage reduction of [[Lotensin]] and/or discontinuation of the [[diuretic]] may be required. Evaluation of the [[hypertensive]] patient should always include assessment of [[renal function]] (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Adult Indications and Dosage|Adult Indications and Dosage]]'').
As a consequence of inhibiting the [[renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system]], changes in [[renal function]] may be anticipated in susceptible individuals. In patients with severe [[congestive heart failure]] whose [[renal function]] may depend on the activity of the [[renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system]], treatment with [[ACEI|angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors]], including [[Benazepril]], may be associated with [[oliguria]] and/or progressive [[azotemia]] and (rarely) with [[acute renal failure]] and/or death. In a small study of [[hypertensive]] patients with [[renal artery stenosis]] in a solitary kidney or bilateral [[renal artery stenosis]], treatment with [[Benazepril]] was associated with increases in [[BUN|blood urea nitrogen]] and serum [[creatinine]]; these increases were reversible upon discontinuation of [[Benazepril]] or [[diuretic]] therapy, or both. When such patients are treated with [[ACE inhibitor]]s, [[renal function]] should be monitored during the first few weeks of therapy. Some [[hypertensive]] patients with no apparent preexisting renal vascular disease have developed increases in [[BUN|blood urea nitrogen]] and serum [[creatinine]], usually minor and transient, especially when [[Benazepril]] has been given concomitantly with a [[diuretic]]. This is more likely to occur in patients with preexisting [[renal impairment]]. Dosage reduction of [[Benazepril]] and/or discontinuation of the [[diuretic]] may be required. Evaluation of the [[hypertensive]] patient should always include assessment of [[renal function]] (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Adult Indications and Dosage|Adult Indications and Dosage]]'').


====Hepatic Impairment====
====Hepatic Impairment====
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No mutagenic activity was detected in the [[Ames test]] in [[bacteria]] (with or without metabolic activation), in an in vitro test for forward mutations in cultured mammalian cells, or in a nucleus anomaly test.  
No mutagenic activity was detected in the [[Ames test]] in [[bacteria]] (with or without metabolic activation), in an in vitro test for forward mutations in cultured mammalian cells, or in a nucleus anomaly test.  


In doses of 50-500 mg/kg/day (6-60 times the maximum recommended human dose based on mg/m2 comparison and 37-375 times the maximum recommended human dose based on a mg/kg comparison), [[Lotensin]] had no adverse effect on the reproductive performance of male and female rats.
In doses of 50-500 mg/kg/day (6-60 times the maximum recommended human dose based on mg/m2 comparison and 37-375 times the maximum recommended human dose based on a mg/kg comparison), [[Benazepril]] had no adverse effect on the reproductive performance of male and female rats.


====Immunocompromised Patients====
====Immunocompromised Patients====
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====Miscellaneous====
====Miscellaneous====


'''Hyperkalemia''': In clinical trials, [[hyperkalemia]] (serum [[potassium]] at least 0.5 mEq/L greater than the upper limit of normal) occurred in approximately 1% of [[hypertensive]] patients receiving [[Lotensin]]. In most cases, these were isolated values which resolved despite continued therapy. Risk factors for the development of [[hyperkalemia]] include [[renal insufficiency]], [[diabetes mellitus]], and the concomitant use of [[potassium-sparing diuretic]]s, [[potassium]] supplements, and/or [[potassium]]-containing salt substitutes, which should be used cautiously, if at all, with [[Lotensin]] (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Drug Interactions|Drug Interactions]]'').
'''Hyperkalemia''': In clinical trials, [[hyperkalemia]] (serum [[potassium]] at least 0.5 mEq/L greater than the upper limit of normal) occurred in approximately 1% of [[hypertensive]] patients receiving [[Benazepril]]. In most cases, these were isolated values which resolved despite continued therapy. Risk factors for the development of [[hyperkalemia]] include [[renal insufficiency]], [[diabetes mellitus]], and the concomitant use of [[potassium-sparing diuretic]]s, [[potassium]] supplements, and/or [[potassium]]-containing salt substitutes, which should be used cautiously, if at all, with [[Benazepril]] (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Drug Interactions|Drug Interactions]]'').


'''Cough''': Presumably due to the inhibition of the degradation of endogenous [[bradykinin]], persistent nonproductive [[cough]] has been reported with all [[ACE inhibitor]]s, always resolving after discontinuation of therapy. [[ACE inhibitor]]-induced [[cough]] should be considered in the differential diagnosis of [[cough]].
'''Cough''': Presumably due to the inhibition of the degradation of endogenous [[bradykinin]], persistent nonproductive [[cough]] has been reported with all [[ACE inhibitor]]s, always resolving after discontinuation of therapy. [[ACE inhibitor]]-induced [[cough]] should be considered in the differential diagnosis of [[cough]].
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=====Use of Potassium Supplements and Potassium-Sparing Diuretics=====
=====Use of Potassium Supplements and Potassium-Sparing Diuretics=====


Concomitant [[potassium]] supplements and [[potassium-sparing diuretic]]s use with [[Lotensin]] may effect [[potassium]] levels. Monitor [[potassium]] periodically.
Concomitant [[potassium]] supplements and [[potassium-sparing diuretic]]s use with [[Benazepril]] may effect [[potassium]] levels. Monitor [[potassium]] periodically.


=====Use of Lithium=====
=====Use of Lithium=====


Increased serum [[lithium]] levels and symptoms of [[lithium toxicity]] have been reported in patients receiving [[ACE inhibitor]]s (including [[benazepril]]) during therapy with [[lithium]]. Monitor [[lithium]] levels when used concomitantly with [[Lotensin]].
Increased serum [[lithium]] levels and symptoms of [[lithium toxicity]] have been reported in patients receiving [[ACE inhibitor]]s (including [[benazepril]]) during therapy with [[lithium]]. Monitor [[lithium]] levels when used concomitantly with [[Benazepril]].


=====Use of Anti-Diabetics=====
=====Use of Anti-Diabetics=====
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| tradename = Lotensin
| tradename = Benazepril
| MedlinePlus = a692011
| MedlinePlus = a692011
| pregnancy_category = D
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[[Benazepril]] and benazeprilat inhibit [[angiotensin-converting enzyme]] ([[ACE]]) in human subjects and animals. [[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]].
[[Benazepril]] and benazeprilat inhibit [[angiotensin-converting enzyme]] ([[ACE]]) in human subjects and animals. [[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]] results in decreased plasma [[angiotensin II]], which leads to decreased vasopressor activity and to decreased [[aldosterone]] secretion. The latter decrease may result in a small increase of serum [[potassium]]. [[Hypertensive]] patients treated with Lotensin alone for up to 52 weeks had elevations of serum [[potassium]] of up to 0.2 mEq/L. Similar patients treated with [[Lotensin]] and [[hydrochlorothiazide]] for up to 24 weeks had no consistent changes in their serum [[potassium]].
Inhibition of [[ACE]] results in decreased plasma [[angiotensin II]], which leads to decreased vasopressor activity and to decreased [[aldosterone]] secretion. The latter decrease may result in a small increase of serum [[potassium]]. [[Hypertensive]] patients treated with Benazepril alone for up to 52 weeks had elevations of serum [[potassium]] of up to 0.2 mEq/L. Similar patients treated with [[Benazepril]] and [[hydrochlorothiazide]] for up to 24 weeks had no consistent changes in their serum [[potassium]].


Removal of [[angiotensin II]] negative feedback on [[renin]] secretion leads to increased plasma [[renin]] activity. In animal studies, benazepril had no inhibitory effect on the vasopressor response to [[angiotensin II]] and did not interfere with the hemodynamic effects of the autonomic [[neurotransmitters]] [[acetylcholine]], [[epinephrine]], and [[norepinephrine]].
Removal of [[angiotensin II]] negative feedback on [[renin]] secretion leads to increased plasma [[renin]] activity. In animal studies, benazepril had no inhibitory effect on the vasopressor response to [[angiotensin II]] and did not interfere with the hemodynamic effects of the autonomic [[neurotransmitters]] [[acetylcholine]], [[epinephrine]], and [[norepinephrine]].


[[ACE]] is identical to kininase, an enzyme that degrades [[bradykinin]]. Whether increased levels of [[bradykinin]], a potent vasodepressor peptide, play a role in the therapeutic effects of [[Lotensin]] remains to be elucidated.
[[ACE]] is identical to kininase, an enzyme that degrades [[bradykinin]]. Whether increased levels of [[bradykinin]], a potent vasodepressor peptide, play a role in the therapeutic effects of [[Benazepril]] remains to be elucidated.


While the mechanism through which [[benazepril]] lowers [[blood pressure]] is believed to be primarily suppression of the [[renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system]], [[benazepril]] has an [[antihypertensive]] effect even in patients with low-renin [[hypertension]] (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Adult Indications and Dosage|Adult Indications and Dosage]]'').
While the mechanism through which [[benazepril]] lowers [[blood pressure]] is believed to be primarily suppression of the [[renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system]], [[benazepril]] has an [[antihypertensive]] effect even in patients with low-renin [[hypertension]] (see ''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Adult Indications and Dosage|Adult Indications and Dosage]]'').
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Benazeprilat, the active metabolite of [[benazepril]], is a non-sulfhydryl [[ACEI|angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor]]. [[Benazepril]] is converted to benazeprilat by hepatic cleavage of the ester group.
Benazeprilat, the active metabolite of [[benazepril]], is a non-sulfhydryl [[ACEI|angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor]]. [[Benazepril]] is converted to benazeprilat by hepatic cleavage of the ester group.


[[Lotensin]] is supplied as tablets containing 5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg, and 40 mg of [[benazepril hydrochloride]] for oral administration. The inactive ingredients are [[colloid|colloidal]] [[silicon dioxide]], [[crospovidone]], hydrogenated [[castor oil]] (5-mg, 10-mg, and 20-mg tablets), [[hypromellose]], [[iron oxide]]s, [[lactose]], [[magnesium]] [[stearate]] (40-mg tablets), microcrystalline [[cellulose]], [[polysorbate]] 80, [[propylene glycol]] (5-mg and 40-mg tablets), [[starch]], talc, and [[titanium dioxide]].
[[Benazepril]] is supplied as tablets containing 5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg, and 40 mg of [[benazepril hydrochloride]] for oral administration. The inactive ingredients are [[colloid|colloidal]] [[silicon dioxide]], [[crospovidone]], hydrogenated [[castor oil]] (5-mg, 10-mg, and 20-mg tablets), [[hypromellose]], [[iron oxide]]s, [[lactose]], [[magnesium]] [[stearate]] (40-mg tablets), microcrystalline [[cellulose]], [[polysorbate]] 80, [[propylene glycol]] (5-mg and 40-mg tablets), [[starch]], talc, and [[titanium dioxide]].


===Pharmacodynamics===
===Pharmacodynamics===


Single and multiple doses of 10 mg or more of [[Lotensin]] cause inhibition of plasma [[ACE]] activity by at least 80%-90% for at least 24 hours after dosing. Pressor responses to exogenous [[angiotensin I]] were inhibited by 60%-90% (up to 4 hours post-dose) at the 10-mg dose.
Single and multiple doses of 10 mg or more of [[Benazepril]] cause inhibition of plasma [[ACE]] activity by at least 80%-90% for at least 24 hours after dosing. Pressor responses to exogenous [[angiotensin I]] were inhibited by 60%-90% (up to 4 hours post-dose) at the 10-mg dose.


===Pharmacokinetics===
===Pharmacokinetics===


Following oral administration of [[Lotensin]], peak plasma concentrations of [[benazepril]] are reached within 0.5-1.0 hours. The extent of absorption is at least 37% as determined by urinary recovery and is not significantly influenced by the presence of food in the [[GI tract]].
Following oral administration of [[Benazepril]], peak plasma concentrations of [[benazepril]] are reached within 0.5-1.0 hours. The extent of absorption is at least 37% as determined by urinary recovery and is not significantly influenced by the presence of food in the [[GI tract]].


Cleavage of the ester group (primarily in the liver) converts [[benazepril]] to its active metabolite, benazeprilat. Peak plasma concentrations of benazeprilat are reached 1-2 hours after drug intake in the fasting state and 2-4 hours after drug intake in the nonfasting state. The serum protein binding of [[benazepril]] is about 96.7% and that of benazeprilat about 95.3%, as measured by equilibrium [[dialysis]]; on the basis of in vitro studies, the degree of protein binding should be unaffected by age, [[hepatic dysfunction]], or concentration (over the concentration range of 0.24-23.6 µmol/L).
Cleavage of the ester group (primarily in the liver) converts [[benazepril]] to its active metabolite, benazeprilat. Peak plasma concentrations of benazeprilat are reached 1-2 hours after drug intake in the fasting state and 2-4 hours after drug intake in the nonfasting state. The serum protein binding of [[benazepril]] is about 96.7% and that of benazeprilat about 95.3%, as measured by equilibrium [[dialysis]]; on the basis of in vitro studies, the degree of protein binding should be unaffected by age, [[hepatic dysfunction]], or concentration (over the concentration range of 0.24-23.6 µmol/L).


[[Benazepril]] is almost completely metabolized to benazeprilat, which has much greater [[ACE]] inhibitory activity than [[benazepril]], and to the [[glucuronide]] conjugates of [[benazepril]] and benazeprilat. Only trace amounts of an administered dose of [[Lotensin]] can be recovered in the urine as unchanged [[benazepril]], while about 20% of the dose is excreted as benazeprilat, 4% as benazepril glucuronide, and 8% as benazeprilat glucuronide.
[[Benazepril]] is almost completely metabolized to benazeprilat, which has much greater [[ACE]] inhibitory activity than [[benazepril]], and to the [[glucuronide]] conjugates of [[benazepril]] and benazeprilat. Only trace amounts of an administered dose of [[Benazepril]] can be recovered in the urine as unchanged [[benazepril]], while about 20% of the dose is excreted as benazeprilat, 4% as benazepril glucuronide, and 8% as benazeprilat glucuronide.


The kinetics of [[benazepril]] are approximately dose-proportional within the dosage range of 10-80 mg.
The kinetics of [[benazepril]] are approximately dose-proportional within the dosage range of 10-80 mg.
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In patients with [[hepatic insufficiency]] (due to [[cirrhosis]]), the pharmacokinetics of benazeprilat are essentially unaltered. The [[pharmacokinetics]] of [[benazepril]] and benazeprilat do not appear to be influenced by age.
In patients with [[hepatic insufficiency]] (due to [[cirrhosis]]), the pharmacokinetics of benazeprilat are essentially unaltered. The [[pharmacokinetics]] of [[benazepril]] and benazeprilat do not appear to be influenced by age.


In pediatric patients, (N=45) [[hypertensive]], age 6 to 16 years, given multiple daily doses of [[Lotensin]] (0.1 to 0.5 mg/kg), the clearance of benazeprilat for children 6 to 12 years old was 0.35 L/hr/kg, more than twice that of healthy adults receiving a single dose of 10 mg (0.13 L/hr/kg). In adolescents, it was 0.17 L/hr/kg, 27% higher than that of healthy adults. The terminal elimination [[half-life]] of benazeprilat in pediatric patients was around 5 hours, one-third that observed in adults.
In pediatric patients, (N=45) [[hypertensive]], age 6 to 16 years, given multiple daily doses of [[Benazepril]] (0.1 to 0.5 mg/kg), the clearance of benazeprilat for children 6 to 12 years old was 0.35 L/hr/kg, more than twice that of healthy adults receiving a single dose of 10 mg (0.13 L/hr/kg). In adolescents, it was 0.17 L/hr/kg, 27% higher than that of healthy adults. The terminal elimination [[half-life]] of benazeprilat in pediatric patients was around 5 hours, one-third that observed in adults.


===Nonclinical Toxicology===
===Nonclinical Toxicology===
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======Adult======
======Adult======


In single-dose studies, [[Lotensin]] lowered [[blood pressure]] within 1 hour, with peak reductions achieved 2-4 hours after dosing. The [[antihypertensive]] effect of a single dose persisted for 24 hours. In multiple-dose studies, once-daily doses of 20-80 mg decreased seated pressure (systolic/diastolic) 24 hours after dosing by about 6-12/4-7 mmHg. The trough values represent reductions of about 50% of that seen at peak.
In single-dose studies, [[Benazepril]] lowered [[blood pressure]] within 1 hour, with peak reductions achieved 2-4 hours after dosing. The [[antihypertensive]] effect of a single dose persisted for 24 hours. In multiple-dose studies, once-daily doses of 20-80 mg decreased seated pressure (systolic/diastolic) 24 hours after dosing by about 6-12/4-7 mmHg. The trough values represent reductions of about 50% of that seen at peak.


Four dose-response studies using once-daily dosing were conducted in 470 mild-to-moderate hypertensive patients not using [[diuretic]]s. The minimal effective once-daily dose of [[Lotensin]] was 10 mg; but further falls in [[blood pressure]], especially at morning trough, were seen with higher doses in the studied dosing range (10-80 mg). In studies comparing the same daily dose of Lotensin given as a single morning dose or as a twice-daily dose, [[blood pressure]] reductions at the time of morning trough blood levels were greater with the divided regimen.
Four dose-response studies using once-daily dosing were conducted in 470 mild-to-moderate hypertensive patients not using [[diuretic]]s. The minimal effective once-daily dose of [[Benazepril]] was 10 mg; but further falls in [[blood pressure]], especially at morning trough, were seen with higher doses in the studied dosing range (10-80 mg). In studies comparing the same daily dose of Benazepril given as a single morning dose or as a twice-daily dose, [[blood pressure]] reductions at the time of morning trough blood levels were greater with the divided regimen.


The [[antihypertensive]] effects of Lotensin were not appreciably different in patients receiving high- or low-sodium diets.
The [[antihypertensive]] effects of Benazepril were not appreciably different in patients receiving high- or low-sodium diets.


In normal human volunteers, single doses of [[benazepril]] caused an increase in renal blood flow but had no effect on [[glomerular filtration rate]].
In normal human volunteers, single doses of [[benazepril]] caused an increase in renal blood flow but had no effect on [[glomerular filtration rate]].


Use of [[Lotensin]] in combination with [[thiazide]] diuretics gives a blood-pressure-lowering effect greater than that seen with either agent alone. By blocking the [[renin-angiotensin-aldosterone axis]], administration of [[Lotensin]] tends to reduce the [[potassium]] loss associated with the [[diuretic]].
Use of [[Benazepril]] in combination with [[thiazide]] diuretics gives a blood-pressure-lowering effect greater than that seen with either agent alone. By blocking the [[renin-angiotensin-aldosterone axis]], administration of [[Benazepril]] tends to reduce the [[potassium]] loss associated with the [[diuretic]].


======Pediatric======
======Pediatric======
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==How Supplied==
==How Supplied==


Lotensin is available in tablets of 5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg, and 40 mg, packaged with a desiccant in bottles of 100 tablets.
Benazepril is available in tablets of 5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg, and 40 mg, packaged with a desiccant in bottles of 100 tablets.


Each tablet is imprinted with [[Lotensin]] on one side and the tablet strength (“5,” “10,” “20,” or “40”) on the other.
Each tablet is imprinted with [[Benazepril]] on one side and the tablet strength (“5,” “10,” “20,” or “40”) on the other.


* National Drug Code (NDC):  
* National Drug Code (NDC):  


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'''Drug Name''': Lotensin 5 MG Oral Tablet<BR>
'''Drug Name''': Benazepril 5 MG Oral Tablet<BR>
'''Ingredient(s)''': Benazepril<BR>
'''Ingredient(s)''': Benazepril<BR>
'''Imprint''': LOTENSIN;5<BR>
'''Imprint''': Benazepril;5<BR>
'''Color(s)''': Yellow<BR>
'''Color(s)''': Yellow<BR>
'''Shape''': Round<BR>
'''Shape''': Round<BR>
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'''Drug Name''': Lotensin 10 MG Oral Tablet<BR>
'''Drug Name''': Benazepril 10 MG Oral Tablet<BR>
'''Ingredient(s)''': Benazepril<BR>
'''Ingredient(s)''': Benazepril<BR>
'''Imprint''': LOTENSIN;10<BR>
'''Imprint''': Benazepril;10<BR>
'''Color(s)''': Yellow<BR>
'''Color(s)''': Yellow<BR>
'''Shape''': Round<BR>
'''Shape''': Round<BR>
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| [[File:Benazepril tablet 20 mg.jpg|thumb|400px|<p style="text-align: left;">
'''Drug Name''': Lotensin 20 MG Oral Tablet<BR>
'''Drug Name''': Benazepril 20 MG Oral Tablet<BR>
'''Ingredient(s)''': Benazepril<BR>
'''Ingredient(s)''': Benazepril<BR>
'''Imprint''': LOTENSIN;20<BR>
'''Imprint''': Benazepril;20<BR>
'''Color(s)''': Pink<BR>
'''Color(s)''': Pink<BR>
'''Shape''': Round<BR>
'''Shape''': Round<BR>
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'''Drug Name''': Lotensin 40 MG Oral Tablet<BR>
'''Drug Name''': Benazepril 40 MG Oral Tablet<BR>
'''Ingredient(s)''': Benazepril<BR>
'''Ingredient(s)''': Benazepril<BR>
'''Imprint''': LOTENSIN;40<BR>
'''Imprint''': Benazepril;40<BR>
'''Color(s)''': Pink<BR>
'''Color(s)''': Pink<BR>
'''Shape''': Round<BR>
'''Shape''': Round<BR>
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===Patient Information from FDA===
===Patient Information from FDA===


'''Pregnancy''': Female patients of childbearing age should be told about the consequences of exposure to [[Lotensin]] during [[pregnancy]]. Discuss treatment options with women planning to become pregnant. Patients should be asked to report pregnancies to their physicians as soon as possible.
'''Pregnancy''': Female patients of childbearing age should be told about the consequences of exposure to [[Benazepril]] during [[pregnancy]]. Discuss treatment options with women planning to become pregnant. Patients should be asked to report pregnancies to their physicians as soon as possible.


'''Angioedema''': [[Angioedema]], including [[laryngeal edema]], can occur at any time with treatment with [[ACE inhibitor]]s. Patients should be so advised and told to report immediately any signs or symptoms suggesting [[angioedema]] (swelling of face, eyes, lips, or tongue, or difficulty in breathing) and to take no more drug until they have consulted with the prescribing physician.
'''Angioedema''': [[Angioedema]], including [[laryngeal edema]], can occur at any time with treatment with [[ACE inhibitor]]s. Patients should be so advised and told to report immediately any signs or symptoms suggesting [[angioedema]] (swelling of face, eyes, lips, or tongue, or difficulty in breathing) and to take no more drug until they have consulted with the prescribing physician.


'''Symptomatic Hypotension''': Patients should be cautioned that [[lightheadedness]] can occur, especially during the first days of therapy, and it should be reported to the prescribing physician. Patients should be told that if [[syncope]] occurs, [[Lotensin]] should be discontinued until the prescribing physician has been consulted.
'''Symptomatic Hypotension''': Patients should be cautioned that [[lightheadedness]] can occur, especially during the first days of therapy, and it should be reported to the prescribing physician. Patients should be told that if [[syncope]] occurs, [[Benazepril]] should be discontinued until the prescribing physician has been consulted.


All patients should be cautioned that inadequate fluid intake or excessive [[perspiration]], [[diarrhea]], or [[vomiting]] can lead to an excessive fall in [[blood pressure]], with the same consequences of [[lightheadedness]] and possible [[syncope]].
All patients should be cautioned that inadequate fluid intake or excessive [[perspiration]], [[diarrhea]], or [[vomiting]] can lead to an excessive fall in [[blood pressure]], with the same consequences of [[lightheadedness]] and possible [[syncope]].
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==Prescribing Information==


===''Benazepril Hydrochloride''===
===Benazepril Hydrochloride===


=====Benazepril hydrochloride (benazepril hydrochloride) tablet, film coated=====
=====Benazepril hydrochloride (benazepril hydrochloride) tablet, film coated=====


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=====[[Benazepril|Benazepril (benazepril hydrochloride) tablet]]=====


===''Benazepril Hydrochloride and Hydrochlorothiazide''===
===Benazepril Hydrochloride and Hydrochlorothiazide===


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===''Amlodipine Besylate and Benazepril Hydrochloride''===
===Amlodipine Besylate and Benazepril Hydrochloride===


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Revision as of 14:32, 25 March 2014

Benazepril
Black Box Warning
Adult Indications and Dosage
Pediatric Indications and Dosage
Contraindications
Warnings
Adverse Reactions
Drug Interactions
Use in Specific Populations
Administration and Monitoring
IV Compatibility
Overdosage
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Clinical Studies
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Black Box Warning

WARNING: FETAL TOXICITY

See full prescribing information for complete boxed warning.

When pregnancy is detected, discontinue Benazepril as soon as possible. Drugs that act directly on the renin-angiotensin system can cause injury and death to the developing fetus.

Overview

Benazepril is an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor drug that is FDA approved for the treatment of hypertension. There is a Black Box Warning for this drug as shown here. Common adverse reactions include cough, dizziness, fatigue, and headache.

Adult Indications and Dosage

FDA-Labeled Indications and Dosage (Adult)

Hypertension
  • Dosing Information
  • Initial dose (not receiving a diuretic): Benazepril 10 mg PO qd
  • The divided regimen was more effective in controlling trough (pre-dosing) blood pressure than the same dose given as a once-daily regimen. Dosage adjustment should be based on measurement of peak (2-6 hours after dosing) and trough responses. If a once-daily regimen does not give adequate trough response, an increase in dosage or divided administration should be considered.

Off-Label Use and Dosage (Adult)

Guideline-Supported Use

Heart Failure, Stage B
  • Recommendation
Myocardial Infarction
  • Recommendation

Non–Guideline-Supported Use

Diabetic Nephropathy
  • Dosing Information
Kidney Disease, Non-Diabetic
  • Dosing Information
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
  • Dosing Information

Pediatric Indications and Dosage

FDA-Labeled Indications and Dosage (Pediatric)

Hypertension
  • Dosing Information
  • Initial dose: Benazepril 0.2 mg/kg PO qd (for pediatric patients above the age of 6 years)

Benazepril is indicated for the treatment of hypertension. It may be used alone or in combination with thiazide diuretics.

In children, doses of Benazepril between 0.1 and 0.6 mg/kg once daily have been studied, and doses greater than 0.1 mg/kg were shown to reduce blood pressure (see Pharmacodynamics). Based on this, the recommended starting dose of Benazepril is 0.2 mg/kg once per day as monotherapy. Doses above 0.6 mg/kg (or in excess of 40 mg daily) have not been studied in pediatric patients.

For pediatric patients who cannot swallow tablets, or for whom the calculated dosage (mg/kg) does not correspond to the available tablet strengths for Benazepril, follow the suspension preparation instructions to administer benazepril HCl as a suspension.

Treatment with Benazepril is not advised for children below the age of 6 years (see Pediatric Use) and in pediatric patients with glomerular filtration rate ≤30 mL, as there are insufficient data available to support a dosing recommendation in these groups.

Off-Label Use and Dosage (Pediatric)

There is limited information about Off-Label Use and Dosage of Benazepril tablet in pediatric patients.

Contraindications

Warnings

Anaphylactoid and Possibly Related Reactions

Presumably because angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors affect the metabolism of eicosanoids and polypeptides, including endogenous bradykinin, patients receiving ACE inhibitors (including Benazepril) may be subject to a variety of adverse reactions, some of them serious.

Head and Neck Angioedema: Angioedema of the face, extremities, lips, tongue, glottis, and larynx has been reported in patients treated with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. In U.S. clinical trials, symptoms consistent with angioedema were seen in none of the subjects who received placebo and in about 0.5% of the subjects who received Benazepril. Angioedema associated with laryngeal edema can be fatal. If laryngeal stridor or angioedema of the face, tongue, or glottis occurs, treatment with Benazepril should be discontinued and appropriate therapy instituted immediately. Where there is involvement of the tongue, glottis, or larynx, likely to cause airway obstruction, appropriate therapy, e.g., subcutaneous epinephrine injection 1:1000 (0.3 mL to 0.5 mL) should be promptly administered (see Adverse Reactions).

Black patients receiving ACE inhibitors have been reported to have a higher incidence of angioedema compared to nonblacks.

Intestinal Angioedema: Intestinal angioedema has been reported in patients treated with ACE inhibitors. These patients presented with abdominal pain (with or without nausea or vomiting); in some cases there was no prior history of facial angioedema and C-1 esterase levels were normal. The angioedema was diagnosed by procedures including abdominal CT scan or ultrasound, or at surgery, and symptoms resolved after stopping the ACE inhibitor. Intestinal angioedema should be included in the differential diagnosis of patients on ACE inhibitors presenting with abdominal pain.

Anaphylactoid Reactions During Desensitization: Two patients undergoing desensitizing treatment with hymenoptera venom while receiving ACE inhibitors sustained life-threatening anaphylactoid reactions. In the same patients, these reactions were avoided when ACE inhibitors were temporarily withheld, but they reappeared upon inadvertent rechallenge.

Anaphylactoid Reactions During Membrane Exposure: Anaphylactoid reactions have been reported in patients dialyzed with high-flux membranes and treated concomitantly with an ACE inhibitor. Anaphylactoid reactions have also been reported in patients undergoing low-density lipoprotein apheresis with dextran sulfate absorption (a procedure dependent upon devices not approved in the United States).

Hypotension

Benazepril can cause symptomatic hypotension. Like other ACE inhibitors, benazepril has been only rarely associated with hypotension in uncomplicated hypertensive patients. Symptomatic hypotension is most likely to occur in patients who have been volume-and/or salt-depleted as a result of prolonged diuretic therapy, dietary salt restriction, dialysis, diarrhea, or vomiting. Volume-and/or salt-depletion should be corrected before initiating therapy with Benazepril.

In patients with congestive heart failure, with or without associated renal insufficiency, ACE inhibitor therapy may cause excessive hypotension, which may be associated with oliguria or azotemia and, rarely, with acute renal failure and death. In such patients, Benazepril therapy should be started under close medical supervision; they should be followed closely for the first 2 weeks of treatment and whenever the dose of benazepril or diuretic is increased.

If hypotension occurs, the patient should be placed in a supine position, and, if necessary, treated with intravenous infusion of physiological saline. Benazepril treatment usually can be continued following restoration of blood pressure and volume.

Fetal toxicity

Use of drugs that act on the renin-angiotensin system during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy reduces fetal renal function and increases fetal and neonatal morbidity and death. Resulting oligohydramnios can be associated with fetal lung hypoplasia and skeletal deformations. Potential neonatal adverse effects include skull hypoplasia, anuria, hypotension, renal failure, and death. When pregnancy is detected, discontinue Benazepril as soon as possible. These adverse outcomes are usually associated with use of these drugs in the second and third trimester of pregnancy. Most epidemiologic studies examining fetal abnormalities after exposure to antihypertensive use in the first trimester have not distinguished drugs affecting the renin-angiotensin system from other antihypertensive agents. Appropriate management of maternal hypertension during pregnancy is important to optimize outcomes for both mother and fetus.

In the unusual case that there is no appropriate alternative to therapy with drugs affecting the renin-angiotensin system for a particular patient, apprise the mother of the potential risk to the fetus. Perform serial ultrasound examinations to assess the intra-amniotic environment. If oligohydramnios is observed, discontinue Benazepril, unless it is considered lifesaving for the mother. Fetal testing may be appropriate, based on the week of pregnancy. Patients and physicians should be aware, however, that oligohydramnios may not appear until after the fetus has sustained irreversible injury. Closely observe infants with histories of in utero exposure to Benazepril for hypotension, oliguria, and hyperkalemia (see Pediatric Use).

No teratogenic effects of Benazepril were seen in studies of pregnant rats, mice, and rabbits. On a mg/m2 basis, the doses used in these studies were 60 times (in rats), 9 times (in mice), and more than 0.8 times (in rabbits) the maximum recommended human dose (assuming a 50-kg woman). On a mg/kg basis these multiples are 300 times (in rats), 90 times (in mice), and more than 3 times (in rabbits) the maximum recommended human dose.

Hepatic Failure

Rarely, ACE inhibitors have been associated with a syndrome that starts with cholestatic jaundice and progresses to fulminant hepatic necrosis and (sometimes) death. The mechanism of this syndrome is not understood. Patients receiving ACE inhibitors who develop jaundice or marked elevations of hepatic enzymes should discontinue the ACE inhibitor and receive appropriate medical follow-up.

Adverse Reactions

Clinical Trials Experience

Benazepril has been evaluated for safety in over 6000 patients with hypertension; over 700 of these patients were treated for at least one year. The overall incidence of reported adverse events was comparable in Benazepril and placebo patients.

The reported side effects were generally mild and transient, and there was no relation between side effects and age, duration of therapy, or total dosage within the range of 2 to 80 mg. Discontinuation of therapy because of a side effect was required in approximately 5% of U.S. patients treated with Benazepril and in 3% of patients treated with placebo.

The most common reasons for discontinuation were headache (0.6%) and cough (0.5%)

The side effects considered possibly or probably related to study drug that occurred in U.S. placebo-controlled trials in more than 1% of patients treated with Benazepril are shown below.

Other adverse experiences reported in controlled clinical trials (in less than 1% of benazepril patients or with less than 1% difference in incidence between benazepril or placebo treatment), and rarer events seen in post-marketing experience, include the following (in some, a causal relationship to drug use is uncertain):

Dermatologic: Stevens-Johnson syndrome, pemphigus, apparent hypersensitivity reactions (manifested by dermatitis, pruritus, or rash), photosensitivity, and flushing.

Gastrointestinal: Nausea, pancreatitis, constipation, gastritis, vomiting, and melena.

Hematologic: Thrombocytopenia and hemolytic anemia.

Neurologic and Psychiatric: Anxiety, decreased libido, hypertonia, insomnia, nervousness, and paresthesia.

Other: Fatigue, asthma, bronchitis, dyspnea, sinusitis, urinary tract infection, frequent urination, infection, arthritis, impotence, alopecia, arthralgia, myalgia, asthenia, sweating.

Another potentially important adverse experience, eosinophilic pneumonitis, has been attributed to other ACE inhibitors.

Pediatric Patients: The adverse experience profile for pediatric patients appears to be similar to that seen in adult patients.

Clinical Laboratory Test Findings

Hemoglobin: Decreases in hemoglobin (a low value and a decrease of 5 g/dL) were rare, occurring in only 1 of 2,014 patients receiving Benazepril alone and in 1 of 1,357 patients receiving Benazepril plus a diuretic. No U.S. patients discontinued treatment because of decreases in hemoglobin.

Other (causal relationships unknown): Elevations of uric acid, blood glucose, serum bilirubin, and liver enzymes (see Warnings) have been reported, as have scattered incidents of hyponatremia, electrocardiographic changes, eosinophilia, and proteinuria.

Postmarketing Experience

FDA Package Insert for Benazepril contains no information regarding Postmarketing Experience.

Drug Interactions

Diuretics: Patients on diuretics, especially those in whom diuretic therapy was recently instituted, may occasionally experience an excessive reduction of blood pressure after initiation of therapy with Benazepril. The possibility of hypotensive effects with Benazepril can be minimized by either discontinuing the diuretic or increasing the salt intake prior to initiation of treatment with Benazepril. If this is not possible, the starting dose should be reduced (see Adult Indications and Dosage).

Potassium Supplements and Potassium-Sparing Diuretics: Concomitant use with Benazepril may effect potassium levels. Monitor potassium periodically.

Oral Anticoagulants: Interaction studies with warfarin and acenocoumarol failed to identify any clinically important effects on the serum concentrations or clinical effects of these anticoagulants.

Lithium: Increased serum lithium levels and symptoms of lithium toxicity have been reported in patients receiving ACE inhibitors (including benazepril) during therapy with lithium. Monitor lithium levels when used concomitantly with Benazepril.

Gold: Nitritoid reactions (symptoms include facial flushing, nausea, vomiting and hypotension) have been reported rarely in patients on therapy with injectable gold (sodium aurothiomalate) and concomitant ACE inhibitor therapy.

Anti-diabetics: In rare cases, diabetic patients receiving an ACE inhibitor (including benazepril) concomitantly with insulin or oral anti-diabetics may develop hypoglycemia. Such patients should therefore be advised about the possibility of hypoglycemic reactions and should be monitored accordingly.

Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) Including Selective Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors (COX-2 Inhibitors): In patients who are elderly, volume-depleted (including those on diuretic therapy), or with compromised renal function, co-administration of NSAIDs, including selective COX-2 inhibitors, with ACE inhibitors, including benazepril, may result in deterioration of renal function, including possible acute renal failure. These effects are usually reversible. Monitor renal function periodically in patients receiving benazepril and NSAID therapy.

The antihypertensive effect of ACE inhibitors, including benazepril, may be attenuated by NSAIDs.

Other: Benazepril has been used concomitantly with beta-adrenergic-blocking agents, calcium-channel-blocking agents, diuretics, digoxin, and hydralazine, without evidence of clinically important adverse interactions. Benazepril, like other ACE inhibitors, has had less than additive effects with beta-adrenergic blockers, presumably because both drugs lower blood pressure by inhibiting parts of the renin-angiotensin system.

The pharmacokinetics of benazepril are not affected by the following drugs: hydrochlorothiazide, furosemide, chlorthalidone, digoxin, propranolol, atenolol, nifedipine, amlodipine, naproxen, acetylsalicylic acid, or cimetidine. Likewise the administration of benazepril does not substantially affect the pharmacokinetics of these medications (cimetidine kinetics were not studied).

Use in Specific Populations

Pregnancy

  • Pregnancy Category (AUS): Benazepril is not included in Australian Drug Evaluation Committee (ADEC) Pregnancy Categories.
Fetal toxicity

Use of drugs that act on the renin-angiotensin system during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy reduces fetal renal function and increases fetal and neonatal morbidity and death. Resulting oligohydramnios can be associated with fetal lung hypoplasia and skeletal deformations. Potential neonatal adverse effects include skull hypoplasia, anuria, hypotension, renal failure, and death. When pregnancy is detected, discontinue Benazepril as soon as possible. These adverse outcomes are usually associated with use of these drugs in the second and third trimester of pregnancy. Most epidemiologic studies examining fetal abnormalities after exposure to antihypertensive use in the first trimester have not distinguished drugs affecting the renin-angiotensin system from other antihypertensive agents. Appropriate management of maternal hypertension during pregnancy is important to optimize outcomes for both mother and fetus.

In the unusual case that there is no appropriate alternative to therapy with drugs affecting the renin-angiotensin system for a particular patient, apprise the mother of the potential risk to the fetus. Perform serial ultrasound examinations to assess the intra-amniotic environment. If oligohydramnios is observed, discontinue Benazepril, unless it is considered lifesaving for the mother. Fetal testing may be appropriate, based on the week of pregnancy. Patients and physicians should be aware, however, that oligohydramnios may not appear until after the fetus has sustained irreversible injury. Closely observe infants with histories of in utero exposure to Benazepril for hypotension, oliguria, and hyperkalemia (see Pediatric Use).

No teratogenic effects of Benazepril were seen in studies of pregnant rats, mice, and rabbits. On a mg/m2 basis, the doses used in these studies were 60 times (in rats), 9 times (in mice), and more than 0.8 times (in rabbits) the maximum recommended human dose (assuming a 50-kg woman). On a mg/kg basis these multiples are 300 times (in rats), 90 times (in mice), and more than 3 times (in rabbits) the maximum recommended human dose.

Labor and Delivery

FDA Package Insert for Benazepril contains no information regarding Labor and Delivery.

Nursing Mothers

Minimal amounts of unchanged benazepril and of benazeprilat are excreted into the breast milk of lactating women treated with benazepril. A newborn child ingesting entirely breast milk would receive less than 0.1% of the mg/kg maternal dose of benazepril and benazeprilat.

Pediatric Use

Neonates with a history of in utero exposure to Benazepril

If oliguria or hypotension occurs, direct attention toward support of blood pressure and renal perfusion. Exchange transfusions or dialysis may be required as a means of reversing hypotension and/or substituting for disordered renal function. Benazepril, which crosses the placenta, can theoretically be removed from the neonatal circulation by these means; there are occasional reports of benefit from these maneuvers with another ACE inhibitor, but experience is limited.

The antihypertensive effects of Benazepril have been evaluated in a double-blind study in pediatric patients 7 to 16 years of age (see Pharmacodynamics). The pharmacokinetics of Benazepril have been evaluated in pediatric patients 6 to 16 years of age (see Pharmacokinetics) . Benazepril was generally well tolerated and adverse effects were similar to those described in adults. (See Adverse Reactions). The long-term effects of benazepril on growth and development have not been studied. Infants below the age of 1 year should not be given Benazepril because of the risk of effects on kidney development.

Treatment with Benazepril is not recommended in pediatric patients less than 6 years of age (see Adverse Reactions), and in children with glomerular filtration rate ≤30 mL/min as there are insufficient data available to support a dosing recommendation in these groups. (See Pharmacokinetics.)

Geriatric Use

Of the total number of patients who received benazepril in U.S. clinical studies of Benazepril, 18% were 65 or older while 2% were 75 or older. No overall differences in effectiveness or safety were observed between these patients and younger patients, and other reported clinical experience has not identified differences in responses between the elderly and younger patients, but greater sensitivity of some older individuals cannot be ruled out.

Benazepril and benazeprilat are substantially excreted by the kidney. Because elderly patients are more likely to have decreased renal function, care should be taken in dose selection, and it may be useful to monitor renal function.

Gender

FDA Package Insert for Benazepril contains no information regarding Gender.

Race

FDA Package Insert for Benazepril contains no information regarding Race.

Renal Impairment

As a consequence of inhibiting the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, changes in renal function may be anticipated in susceptible individuals. In patients with severe congestive heart failure whose renal function may depend on the activity of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, including Benazepril, may be associated with oliguria and/or progressive azotemia and (rarely) with acute renal failure and/or death. In a small study of hypertensive patients with renal artery stenosis in a solitary kidney or bilateral renal artery stenosis, treatment with Benazepril was associated with increases in blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine; these increases were reversible upon discontinuation of Benazepril or diuretic therapy, or both. When such patients are treated with ACE inhibitors, renal function should be monitored during the first few weeks of therapy. Some hypertensive patients with no apparent preexisting renal vascular disease have developed increases in blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine, usually minor and transient, especially when Benazepril has been given concomitantly with a diuretic. This is more likely to occur in patients with preexisting renal impairment. Dosage reduction of Benazepril and/or discontinuation of the diuretic may be required. Evaluation of the hypertensive patient should always include assessment of renal function (see Adult Indications and Dosage).

Hepatic Impairment

Rarely, ACE inhibitors have been associated with a syndrome that starts with cholestatic jaundice and progresses to fulminant hepatic necrosis and (sometimes) death. The mechanism of this syndrome is not understood. Patients receiving ACE inhibitors who develop jaundice or marked elevations of hepatic enzymes should discontinue the ACE inhibitor and receive appropriate medical follow-up.

Carcinogenesis, Mutagenesis, Impairment of Fertility

No evidence of carcinogenicity was found when benazepril was administered to rats and mice for up to two years at doses of up to 150 mg/kg/day. When compared on the basis of body weights, this dose is 110 times the maximum recommended human dose. When compared on the basis of body surface areas, this dose is 18 and 9 times (rats and mice, respectively) the maximum recommended human dose (calculations assume a patient weight of 60 kg).

No mutagenic activity was detected in the Ames test in bacteria (with or without metabolic activation), in an in vitro test for forward mutations in cultured mammalian cells, or in a nucleus anomaly test.

In doses of 50-500 mg/kg/day (6-60 times the maximum recommended human dose based on mg/m2 comparison and 37-375 times the maximum recommended human dose based on a mg/kg comparison), Benazepril had no adverse effect on the reproductive performance of male and female rats.

Immunocompromised Patients

FDA Package Insert for Benazepril contains no information regarding Immunocompromised Patients.

Miscellaneous

Hyperkalemia: In clinical trials, hyperkalemia (serum potassium at least 0.5 mEq/L greater than the upper limit of normal) occurred in approximately 1% of hypertensive patients receiving Benazepril. In most cases, these were isolated values which resolved despite continued therapy. Risk factors for the development of hyperkalemia include renal insufficiency, diabetes mellitus, and the concomitant use of potassium-sparing diuretics, potassium supplements, and/or potassium-containing salt substitutes, which should be used cautiously, if at all, with Benazepril (see Drug Interactions).

Cough: Presumably due to the inhibition of the degradation of endogenous bradykinin, persistent nonproductive cough has been reported with all ACE inhibitors, always resolving after discontinuation of therapy. ACE inhibitor-induced cough should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cough.

Surgery/Anesthesia: In patients undergoing surgery or during anesthesia with agents that produce hypotension, benazepril will block the angiotensin II formation that could otherwise occur secondary to compensatory renin release. Hypotension that occurs as a result of this mechanism can be corrected by volume expansion.

Administration and Monitoring

Administration

Oral

Monitoring

Geriatric Use

Benazepril and benazeprilat are substantially excreted by the kidney. Because elderly patients are more likely to have decreased renal function, care should be taken in dose selection, and it may be useful to monitor renal function.

Overdose

Patients should be closely monitored for blood pressure and clinical symptoms. Supportive management should be employed to ensure adequate hydration and to maintain systemic blood pressure.

Renal Artery Stenosis

When hypertensive patients with renal artery stenosis in a solitary kidney or bilateral renal artery stenosis patients are treated with ACE inhibitors, renal function should be monitored during the first few weeks of therapy.

Use of Potassium Supplements and Potassium-Sparing Diuretics

Concomitant potassium supplements and potassium-sparing diuretics use with Benazepril may effect potassium levels. Monitor potassium periodically.

Use of Lithium

Increased serum lithium levels and symptoms of lithium toxicity have been reported in patients receiving ACE inhibitors (including benazepril) during therapy with lithium. Monitor lithium levels when used concomitantly with Benazepril.

Use of Anti-Diabetics

In rare cases, diabetic patients receiving an ACE inhibitor (including benazepril) concomitantly with insulin or oral anti-diabetics may develop hypoglycemia. Such patients should therefore be advised about the possibility of hypoglycemic reactions and should be monitored accordingly.

Use of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) Including Selective Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors (COX-2 Inhibitors)

In patients who are elderly, volume-depleted (including those on diuretic therapy), or with compromised renal function, co-administration of NSAIDs, including selective COX-2 inhibitors, with ACE inhibitors, including benazepril, may result in deterioration of renal function, including possible acute renal failure. These effects are usually reversible. Monitor renal function periodically in patients receiving benazepril and NSAID therapy.

IV Compatibility

FDA Package Insert for Benazepril contains no information regarding IV Compatibility.

Overdosage

Acute Overdose

Signs and Symptoms

Human overdoses of benazepril have not been reported, but the most common manifestation of human benazepril overdosage is likely to be hypotension, which can be associated with electrolyte disturbances and renal failure.

Management

Laboratory determinations of serum levels of benazepril and its metabolites are not widely available, and such determinations have, in any event, no established role in the management of benazepril overdose.

No data are available to suggest physiological maneuvers (e.g., maneuvers to change the pH of the urine) that might accelerate elimination of benazepril and its metabolites. Benazepril is only slightly dialyzable, but dialysis might be considered in overdosed patients with severely impaired renal function (see Warnings).

Angiotensin II could presumably serve as a specific antagonist-antidote in the setting of benazepril overdose, but angiotensin II is essentially unavailable outside of scattered research facilities. Because the hypotensive effect of benazepril is achieved through vasodilation and effective hypovolemia, it is reasonable to treat benazepril overdose by infusion of normal saline solution.

If ingestion is recent, activated charcoal should be considered. Gastric decontamination (e.g., vomiting, gastric lavage) may be considered in individual cases, in the early period after ingestion.

Patients should be closely monitored for blood pressure and clinical symptoms. Supportive management should be employed to ensure adequate hydration and to maintain systemic blood pressure.

In the case of marked hypotension, physiological saline solution should be administered intravenously; depending on the clinical situation the use of vasopressors (e.g., catecholamines i.v.) may be considered.

Chronic Overdose

Signs and Symptoms

FDA Package Insert for Benazepril contains no information regarding Signs and Symptoms in Chronic Overdose.

Management

FDA Package Insert for Benazepril contains no information regarding Management in Chronic Overdose.

Pharmacology

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Benazepril
Systematic (IUPAC) name
2-[(3S)-3-{[(2S)-1-ethoxy-1-oxo-4-phenylbutan-2-yl]amino}-
Identifiers
CAS number 86541-75-5
ATC code C09AA07
PubChem 5362124
DrugBank DB00542
Chemical data
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Mol. mass 424.49 g/mol
SMILES eMolecules & PubChem
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability ?
Protein binding 96.7%
Metabolism Hepatic glucuronidation
Half life 10-11 hours
Excretion Renal and biliary
Therapeutic considerations
Pregnancy cat.

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Legal status

Template:Unicode Prescription only

Routes Oral

Mechanism of Action

Benazepril and benazeprilat inhibit angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in human subjects and animals. 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 results in decreased plasma angiotensin II, which leads to decreased vasopressor activity and to decreased aldosterone secretion. The latter decrease may result in a small increase of serum potassium. Hypertensive patients treated with Benazepril alone for up to 52 weeks had elevations of serum potassium of up to 0.2 mEq/L. Similar patients treated with Benazepril and hydrochlorothiazide for up to 24 weeks had no consistent changes in their serum potassium.

Removal of angiotensin II negative feedback on renin secretion leads to increased plasma renin activity. In animal studies, benazepril had no inhibitory effect on the vasopressor response to angiotensin II and did not interfere with the hemodynamic effects of the autonomic neurotransmitters acetylcholine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine.

ACE is identical to kininase, an enzyme that degrades bradykinin. Whether increased levels of bradykinin, a potent vasodepressor peptide, play a role in the therapeutic effects of Benazepril remains to be elucidated.

While the mechanism through which benazepril lowers blood pressure is believed to be primarily suppression of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, benazepril has an antihypertensive effect even in patients with low-renin hypertension (see Adult Indications and Dosage).

Structure

Benazepril hydrochloride is a white to off-white crystalline powder, soluble (>100 mg/mL) in water, in ethanol, and in methanol. Its chemical name is benazepril 3-[[1-(ethoxy-carbonyl)-3-phenyl-(1S)-propyl]amino]-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-2-oxo-1H-1-(3S)-benzazepine-1-acetic acid monohydrochloride; its structural formula is

Its empirical formula is C24H28N2O5•HCl, and its molecular weight is 460.96.

Benazeprilat, the active metabolite of benazepril, is a non-sulfhydryl angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor. Benazepril is converted to benazeprilat by hepatic cleavage of the ester group.

Benazepril is supplied as tablets containing 5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg, and 40 mg of benazepril hydrochloride for oral administration. The inactive ingredients are colloidal silicon dioxide, crospovidone, hydrogenated castor oil (5-mg, 10-mg, and 20-mg tablets), hypromellose, iron oxides, lactose, magnesium stearate (40-mg tablets), microcrystalline cellulose, polysorbate 80, propylene glycol (5-mg and 40-mg tablets), starch, talc, and titanium dioxide.

Pharmacodynamics

Single and multiple doses of 10 mg or more of Benazepril cause inhibition of plasma ACE activity by at least 80%-90% for at least 24 hours after dosing. Pressor responses to exogenous angiotensin I were inhibited by 60%-90% (up to 4 hours post-dose) at the 10-mg dose.

Pharmacokinetics

Following oral administration of Benazepril, peak plasma concentrations of benazepril are reached within 0.5-1.0 hours. The extent of absorption is at least 37% as determined by urinary recovery and is not significantly influenced by the presence of food in the GI tract.

Cleavage of the ester group (primarily in the liver) converts benazepril to its active metabolite, benazeprilat. Peak plasma concentrations of benazeprilat are reached 1-2 hours after drug intake in the fasting state and 2-4 hours after drug intake in the nonfasting state. The serum protein binding of benazepril is about 96.7% and that of benazeprilat about 95.3%, as measured by equilibrium dialysis; on the basis of in vitro studies, the degree of protein binding should be unaffected by age, hepatic dysfunction, or concentration (over the concentration range of 0.24-23.6 µmol/L).

Benazepril is almost completely metabolized to benazeprilat, which has much greater ACE inhibitory activity than benazepril, and to the glucuronide conjugates of benazepril and benazeprilat. Only trace amounts of an administered dose of Benazepril can be recovered in the urine as unchanged benazepril, while about 20% of the dose is excreted as benazeprilat, 4% as benazepril glucuronide, and 8% as benazeprilat glucuronide.

The kinetics of benazepril are approximately dose-proportional within the dosage range of 10-80 mg.

In adults, the effective half-life of accumulation of benazeprilat following multiple dosing of benazepril hydrochloride is 10-11 hours. Thus, steady-state concentrations of benazeprilat should be reached after 2 or 3 doses of benazepril hydrochloride given once daily.

The kinetics did not change, and there was no significant accumulation during chronic administration (28 days) of once-daily doses between 5 mg and 20 mg. Accumulation ratios based on AUC and urinary recovery of benazeprilat were 1.19 and 1.27, respectively.

Benazepril and benazeprilat are cleared predominantly by renal excretion in healthy subjects with normal renal function. Nonrenal (i.e., biliary) excretion accounts for approximately 11%-12% of benazeprilat excretion in healthy subjects. In patients with renal failure, biliary clearance may compensate to an extent for deficient renal clearance.

In patients with renal insufficiency, the disposition of benazepril and benazeprilat in patients with mild-to-moderate renal insufficiency (creatinine clearance >30 mL/min) is similar to that in patients with normal renal function. In patients with creatinine clearance ≤30 mL/min, peak benazeprilat levels and the initial (alpha phase) half-life increase, and time to steady state may be delayed (see Adult Indications and Dosage).

When dialysis was started 2 hours after ingestion of 10 mg of benazepril, approximately 6% of benazeprilat was removed in 4 hours of dialysis. The parent compound, benazepril, was not detected in the dialysate.

In patients with hepatic insufficiency (due to cirrhosis), the pharmacokinetics of benazeprilat are essentially unaltered. The pharmacokinetics of benazepril and benazeprilat do not appear to be influenced by age.

In pediatric patients, (N=45) hypertensive, age 6 to 16 years, given multiple daily doses of Benazepril (0.1 to 0.5 mg/kg), the clearance of benazeprilat for children 6 to 12 years old was 0.35 L/hr/kg, more than twice that of healthy adults receiving a single dose of 10 mg (0.13 L/hr/kg). In adolescents, it was 0.17 L/hr/kg, 27% higher than that of healthy adults. The terminal elimination half-life of benazeprilat in pediatric patients was around 5 hours, one-third that observed in adults.

Nonclinical Toxicology

FDA Package Insert for Benazepril contains no information regarding Nonclinical Toxicology.

Clinical Studies

Hypertension
Adult

In single-dose studies, Benazepril lowered blood pressure within 1 hour, with peak reductions achieved 2-4 hours after dosing. The antihypertensive effect of a single dose persisted for 24 hours. In multiple-dose studies, once-daily doses of 20-80 mg decreased seated pressure (systolic/diastolic) 24 hours after dosing by about 6-12/4-7 mmHg. The trough values represent reductions of about 50% of that seen at peak.

Four dose-response studies using once-daily dosing were conducted in 470 mild-to-moderate hypertensive patients not using diuretics. The minimal effective once-daily dose of Benazepril was 10 mg; but further falls in blood pressure, especially at morning trough, were seen with higher doses in the studied dosing range (10-80 mg). In studies comparing the same daily dose of Benazepril given as a single morning dose or as a twice-daily dose, blood pressure reductions at the time of morning trough blood levels were greater with the divided regimen.

The antihypertensive effects of Benazepril were not appreciably different in patients receiving high- or low-sodium diets.

In normal human volunteers, single doses of benazepril caused an increase in renal blood flow but had no effect on glomerular filtration rate.

Use of Benazepril in combination with thiazide diuretics gives a blood-pressure-lowering effect greater than that seen with either agent alone. By blocking the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone axis, administration of Benazepril tends to reduce the potassium loss associated with the diuretic.

Pediatric

In a clinical study of 107 pediatric patients, 7 to 16 years of age, with either systolic or diastolic pressure above the 95th percentile, patients were given 0.1 or 0.2 mg/kg then titrated up to 0.3 or 0.6 mg/kg with a maximum dose of 40 mg once daily. After four weeks of treatment, the 85 patients whose blood pressure was reduced on therapy were then randomized to either placebo or benazepril and were followed up for an additional two weeks. At the end of two weeks, blood pressure (both systolic and diastolic) in children withdrawn to placebo rose by 4 to 6 mmHg more than in children on benazepril. No dose-response was observed for the three doses.

How Supplied

Benazepril is available in tablets of 5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg, and 40 mg, packaged with a desiccant in bottles of 100 tablets.

Each tablet is imprinted with Benazepril on one side and the tablet strength (“5,” “10,” “20,” or “40”) on the other.

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  • Storage: Do not store above 30°C (86°F). Protect from moisture. Dispense in tight container (USP).
  • Manufactured by: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Suffern, New York 10901
  • Distributed by: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey 07936

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Patient Information

Patient Information from FDA

Pregnancy: Female patients of childbearing age should be told about the consequences of exposure to Benazepril during pregnancy. Discuss treatment options with women planning to become pregnant. Patients should be asked to report pregnancies to their physicians as soon as possible.

Angioedema: Angioedema, including laryngeal edema, can occur at any time with treatment with ACE inhibitors. Patients should be so advised and told to report immediately any signs or symptoms suggesting angioedema (swelling of face, eyes, lips, or tongue, or difficulty in breathing) and to take no more drug until they have consulted with the prescribing physician.

Symptomatic Hypotension: Patients should be cautioned that lightheadedness can occur, especially during the first days of therapy, and it should be reported to the prescribing physician. Patients should be told that if syncope occurs, Benazepril should be discontinued until the prescribing physician has been consulted.

All patients should be cautioned that inadequate fluid intake or excessive perspiration, diarrhea, or vomiting can lead to an excessive fall in blood pressure, with the same consequences of lightheadedness and possible syncope.

Hyperkalemia: Patients should be told not to use potassium supplements or salt substitutes containing potassium without consulting the prescribing physician.

Neutropenia: Patients should be told to promptly report any indication of infection (e.g., sore throat, fever), which could be a sign of neutropenia.

Patient Information from NLM

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Precautions with Alcohol

Alcohol-Benazepril interaction has not been established. Talk to your doctor about the effects of taking alcohol with this medication.

Look-Alike Drug Names

There are no look-alike drug names published in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert.[7]

Drug Shortage Status

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