Cardiostad
Cardiostad is a medicine that helps your heart pump blood more easily and lowers your blood pressure by widening blood vessels.
Form
tabletti
Strength
10 mg
Active Ingredient
Lisinopril dihydrate
Manufacturer
STADA Arzneimittel AG
How to Use
Dosage
The usual starting dose is 10 mg once a day, typically increasing to 20 mg once a day for long-term treatment.
Method
Swallow the tablet whole with water once a day, preferably at the same time each day, with or without food.
Important
The maximum daily dose is usually 80 mg, but your doctor will tell you your specific maximum.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Dizziness
- •Headache
- •Feeling dizzy or faint when standing up (due to low blood pressure)
- •Cough
- •Diarrhea
- •Vomiting
- •Kidney problems
RARE
- •Swelling of the face, limbs, lips, tongue, or throat (angioedema)
- •Mood changes
- •Changes in taste
- •Skin rash
- •Itching
- •Impotence
- •Tiredness
- •Confusion
- •Dry mouth
- •Hair loss
- •Breast enlargement in men
- •Anemia (low red blood cells), causing pale skin or shortness of breath
- •Liver inflammation
- •Yellowing of skin or eyes (jaundice)
- •Pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas)
Important Warnings
- Stop taking this medicine and tell your doctor immediately if you experience itching or severe skin reactions.
- Stop taking this medicine and tell your doctor immediately if you have wheezing or difficulty breathing or swallowing.
- Stop taking this medicine and tell your doctor immediately if your hands, feet, ankles, face, lips, tongue, or throat swell.
- Stop taking this medicine and tell your doctor immediately if your skin or the whites of your eyes turn yellow.
Use in Elderly Patients
Category C
Suitable for older adults, with specific precautions. Reduce the dose in moderately severe renal impairment. Monitor renal function and potassium concentrations during the pharmacotherapy. Avoid concurrent use of NSAIDs. (updated 14.4.2025)