Is Ramipril Causing My Father To Pass Out?

My 76yr old father has had Parkinson's for 10yrs and now has dementia. He takes Carbodopa/Levodopa 25mg/100mg 2.5 tabs 3 times a day, 75mg Seroquel per day, 5mg Donepezil per day, 5mg Ramipril per day. On July 28th 2014 and October 08 2014 my father had syncopal incidents (passed out). Both times were in the morning after eating breakfast and taking 8am meds. Both times he was sitting down calmly relaxing and both times he lossed consciousness and was taken by ambulance to the hospital. He has had multiple diagnostics done like UTI, chest X-rays, Echocardiogram, Carotid sonargram, blood work, MRI with and wihtout contrast and CTs of his brain. All of these are negative for any physical problem. He is active and walks every day and physically he is in good shape. The only surgery he ever had was for his appendix removal.

Some of these medications cause low blood pressure and the belief is that the Ramipril may be causing his heart rate to drop too much and he passes out. Has anyone experienced this?

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Hello, John! How is your dad doing?

Yes, it very could be due to the Ramipril, it has been known to do that in some people that take it. It can also cause dizziness, hypotension, headache and frequent urination.

He may not need an actual blood pressure medication, right now, or he may need one that doesn't affect him as severely.

If it's been happening right after his morning medications, then that is a sign that it's most likely one of them that's causing it.

What has his doctor advised?

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