Aceon is a member of the family of medications known as ACE inhibitors, and can be generically prescribed as perindopril. ACE inhibitors are used to treat patients with coronary artery disease to prevent heart attacks as well as used to treat hypertension.
Aceon helps by lowering the patient's blood pressure. It does this by reducing the resistance to blood flow that is often present in the veins when a patient has hypertension or other heart conditions.
How to take the medicine
In patients with essential hypertension, the recommended initial dose is 4 mg once a day. The dosage may be titrated upward until blood pressure, when measured just before the next dose, is controlled or to a maximum of 16 mg per day. The usual maintenance dose range is 4 to 8 mg administered as a single daily dose. ACEON?Tablets may also be administered in two divided doses. When once-daily dosing was compared to twice-daily dosing in clinical studies, the B.I.D. regimen was generally slightly superior, but not by more than about 0.5 to 1.0 mm Hg.
Aceon Side effects
Some patients may experience significant side effects which will require urgent medical assistance. Allergic reactions, facial swelling, swelling of the lips, mouth, tongue, or throat, difficulty breathing, and hives, require immediate medical assistance. Symptoms including chest pain, uneven heart rate, pounding heart, jaundice, swelling or rapid weight gain due to edema, fever, body aches, chills, flu symptoms, lightheadedness, fainting, pale skin, the ability to bleed or bruise easily, excessive fatigue, muscle weakness, changes in frequency of urination, or no urine output at all are all symptoms of serious side effects which require emergency medical treatment.
Pregnant patients should never take Aceon or any other angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors. The American Food and Drug Administration rated Aceon as a pregnancy risk category D, which means that there is a high likelihood that this medication will cause harm or birth defects in a developing fetus. Aceon passes through breast milk content and can affect a nursing infant. Aceon is not appropriate for women who are nursing.
You may consider other hypertension medications if Aceon is not right for you.
