Lisinopril and hydrochlorothiazide and Ramipril interaction

Lisinopril and hydrochlorothiazide and Ramipril: both prescribing labels flag this combination with the strongest language, such as a contraindication, a boxed warning, or an instruction to avoid it.

Major

Do not combine without a prescriber's guidance. The label language below is the strongest FDA uses.

What the FDA labels say

From the Ramipril label · effective 2025-07-10

Major

Ramipril capsules is contraindicated in patients who are hypersensitive to this product or any other ACE inhibitor (e.g., a patient who has experienced angioedema during therapy with any other ACE inhibitor).

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Moderate

Experience with another ACE inhibitor suggests that these increases would be reversible upon discontinuation of ramipril and/or diuretic therapy.

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Moderate

Some hypertensive patients with no apparent pre-existing renal vascular disease have developed increases in blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine, usually minor and transient, especially when ramipril has been given concomitantly with a diuretic.

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Moderate

Dosage reduction of ramipril and/or discontinuation of the diuretic may be required.

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Moderate

Like other ACE inhibitors, ramipril, has been only rarely associated with hypotension in uncomplicated hypertensive patients.

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From the Lisinopril and hydrochlorothiazide (Zestoretic) label · effective 2025-03-31

Moderate

When a diuretic is added to the therapy of a patient receiving lisinopril, an additional antihypertensive effect is usually observed (see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION ).

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Moderate

Other antihypertensive drugs - additive effect or potentiation.

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Minor

Leukopenia/Neutropenia/Agranulocytosis: Another angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, captopril, has been shown to cause agranulocytosis and bone marrow depression, rarely in uncomplicated patients but more frequently in patients with renal impairment, especially if they also have a collagen vascular disease.

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Minor

Most epidemiologic studies examining fetal abnormalities after exposure to antihypertensive use in the first trimester have not distinguished drugs affecting the renin-angiotensin system from other antihypertensive agents.

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