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Does Cardace Cause Severe Cough? What Is Repace 25 Used For?
Hi Doctor, My dad suffering cardiomyopathy ( Has enlarged heart). recently he has been suffering severe cough. When visted our family Physician he replaced cardace by repace 25. May I know what is repace used for please? Does cardace cause severe cough?
Thu, 9 Jan 2014
Dear patient,
Thannks for the query. Both Cardace and Repace are used to help weak hearts pump more efficiently and prevent long term complications of cardiomyapathy; they are heart failure medications. Cardace can cause cough in 1 out of every 5 patients; when that happens we substitute it by Repace or an analogue, which is a cousin with the same action but lacks such side effect.
Hope this helps wish you the best,
Dr Brenes-Salazar MD
Mayo Clinic MN
Cardiology
Thannks for the query. Both Cardace and Repace are used to help weak hearts pump more efficiently and prevent long term complications of cardiomyapathy; they are heart failure medications. Cardace can cause cough in 1 out of every 5 patients; when that happens we substitute it by Repace or an analogue, which is a cousin with the same action but lacks such side effect.
Hope this helps wish you the best,
Dr Brenes-Salazar MD
Mayo Clinic MN
Cardiology
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