Accupril Cough (Cont.)

How Common Is an Accupril Cough?

In clinical studies, up to 2 percent of people with high blood pressure and up to 4 percent of people with congestive heart failure who were taking Accupril reported a cough.
 
For people taking Accupril, a cough can first appear within hours after taking the first dose, or it may appear months after the medicine is first taken. Unfortunately, there is no way to know if or when a cough will occur. Once Accupril is stopped, the cough also stops, though the amount of time for this can also vary. On average, it can take up to 14 days for the cough to completely go away. In some studies, however, it has been reported to take months.
 

Cough and Accupril: A Summary

For people taking Accupril, a cough is a possible side effect (it is a common side effect with all ACE inhibitors). Keep in mind that your healthcare provider cannot know beforehand whether you will have a side effect with a medicine that you have never taken. Therefore, if you notice a cough while taking Accupril, talk with your healthcare provider. If the cough continues, he or she may recommend switching to another ACE inhibitor or another heart failure or blood pressure medicine altogether.
 

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Written by/reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD; Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
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