Dr. Prathish Kumar
General Medicine
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Hello doctor,
I am a 54-year-old hypertension patient and in control with medicines Ramipril 10 mg, Natrilix 2.5 suspense release and Rosuvastatin 10 mg.
Ramipril was causing dry cough and was nanaging until recently. But now cough becomes very sensitive due to current COVID 19 situation and so visited another clinic for an opinion and the doctor changed to Concor 5mg and Amaasc 5 mg at least for three months until the current situation improves as constant cough due to Ramipril concerns me and others as well.
Doctor asked to reduce the dose of Rosuvastatin or to take on alternate days. My question, Are the prescribed medicines safe? I read Concor does affect the sexual drive to some extent? Although with my age not so active, but with Ramipril there was no issue on this ground. Even otherwise will the combination prescribe now benefit?
Hi,
Welcome to icliniq.com.
I read and understand that your concern is about the side effects of the newly prescribed drugs. Reduction of sexual drive is one of the side effects of beta-blocker group of drugs.
Concor contains Bisoprolol which is a cardioselective beta-blocker. The systemic side effects of cardioselective beta-blockers are less compared to the general beta-blockers. So the effect of Concor on the sexual drive would not be that significant to affect your usual life. And the combination prescribed is safe to take. There are no significant drug-drug interactions between these group of drugs.
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