High Blood Pressure Medication & Persistant Coughing

[Dollie]

I started taking Ramipril tablets for HBP about 9 months ago, and everything was fine. However, about a month ago, I started with this silly tickly cough that happens fairly persistantly. People tell me that a classic side-effect of Ramipril is coughing, but I wondered if anyone had experienced this kind of thing after being on tablets successfully for the past eight months? Thankyou

[lafrancaise]

Yes, my mother did and it was about a year later. She got so sick of it she changed tablets.

[Pilltikka]

Was prescribed Ramipril 2.5mg in January 2006 after an angioplasty procedure. The Ramipril was to control BP and was successful - my BP at age 58 = 120/73 on average. I did have a dry tickly cough originally but this gradually diminished. However in mid-July 2006 I started to develop a very dry tickly cough which got so bad I went to my GP. She said it was a classic symptom of taking Ramipril and other Ace Inhibitors. She put me on Aprovel 75mg instead. I started them yesterday so will re-post on this site with the developments.