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does ramipril make you feel flemmy

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Blackcatsooty

I have taken Ramipril for some years. This year GP has bumped up the dose to 10 mg. my bp has edged down. No cough. No flemmy.

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DeanSamson in reply to Blackcatsooty

Hi, do you have any side effects while on ramipril? Thanks

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Blackcatsooty in reply to DeanSamson

No I don’t think so. Colin

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thelma1960 in reply to DeanSamson

Yes my gums started to gush blood every night. I had to lie on a thick towel- honestly my mouth was full of blood. I didnt immediately connect with ramporil but my dentist asked straight away if I had been on ramporil. He had seen others with same thing. I came off it . Managed to save my top teeth but now have a lower denture

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Malcvtr

I've had a cough ever since I started taking Ramipril. It's usually a dry cough caused by a tickling at the back of my throat. The tickle is always in the same spot. Sometimes it can feel "flemmy", and I need to clear my throat. Often worse at night. It's really annoying and I thought that it would have settled down by now (five months after op).

in reply to Malcvtr

have exactly the same!

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Muppet7 in reply to

Had HA 6 weeks into first lockdown. The cough could clear an isle in Tesco. Year and a half later It has gone.

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Curlyman83

Ramipril made me cough but it was a dry cough. Had to do bloody lateral flows virtually every day for three months, just to be sure

in reply to Curlyman83

At least it was`nt nothing serious!

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VHIP

Hi yes it can also give you a dry cough. Have been on it for 6 years since my cardiac arrest in 2015

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benjijen

Absolutely. I take it at night and in the morning it's like I have a 'smoker's cough'I have never smoked!! The cough mostly subsides after a couple of hours.

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Anemone14

Yes Ramipril made me cough a lot, day and night so it was replaced by Bisoprolol and the cough stopped.

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PeterpPiper

I think it did initially but it’s now cleared . It’s a good drug relaxes the arteries

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Carpbait

It’s a yes from me, now worse in the mornings, almost as bad as when I smoked, stopped 2 years ago.

I experienced the dry cough and throat tickle symptoms and after discussion with my GP was recently moved from Ramipril to Losartan. Been fine since, so fingers crossed it continues!

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Abbeyman2

I had a dry cough due to covid and still have it 6 weeks later. I'm now beginning to think it's down to the ramipril. Will come off it for a couple of weeks to see if cough subsides.

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