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Important Precautions
- Tell your health-care practitioner if you are sensitive or allergic to enalapril or to any other drugs, especially other ACE inhibitors.
- It’s important that you continue to take enalapril as prescribed, even if you feel better. Stopping without your health-care practitioner’s knowledge may result in serious health problems.
- If you develop swelling of your tongue, throat, face, arms, or legs while taking enalapril, stop taking the drug and contact your health-care practitioner immediately.
- Before starting enalapril, tell your health-care practitioner if you have kidney disease or dysfunction, scleroderma, lupus, heart or liver disease, diabetes, or renal artery stenosis.
- Do not take enalapril if you have an abnormally high blood potassium level or if you have a blood cell or bone marrow disorder.
Pregnant Women
Enalapril can cause birth defects, premature delivery, and death to a developing or newborn infant. If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant, talk to your health-care practitioner immediately.
Enalapril passes into breast milk. If you are breastfeeding, your health-care practitioner will advise you to switch to bottle-feeding until your treatment is complete.
Seniors
Older adults usually have lower starting doses. Some seniors may be more susceptible to side effects.
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