Comparative Pharmacology
Head-to-head clinical analysis: LEXXEL versus LISINOPRIL.
Peer-Reviewed Evidence
Head-to-head clinical analysis: LEXXEL versus LISINOPRIL.
LEXXEL vs LISINOPRIL
Comparing the clinical profiles, pharmacokinetic behaviors, and safety indices of these two therapeutic agents.
LEXXEL is a combination of felodipine, a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker that inhibits calcium influx into vascular smooth muscle and cardiac muscle, causing vasodilation and reduced myocardial contractility, and enalapril, an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor that prevents conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II, reducing vasoconstriction, aldosterone secretion, and sodium reabsorption.
Lisinopril is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor. It inhibits ACE, which converts angiotensin I to angiotensin II, a potent vasoconstrictor. This results in decreased plasma angiotensin II, leading to decreased vasoconstriction, reduced aldosterone secretion, decreased sodium and water retention, and lower blood pressure.
1 tablet (felodipine 5 mg / enalapril 5 mg) orally once daily, may increase to 2 tablets once daily after 2-4 weeks if needed.
Initial: 5-10 mg orally once daily. Maintenance: 10-40 mg orally once daily. Max: 80 mg/day.
None Documented
None Documented
Clinical Note
moderateLisinopril + Etacrynic acid
"The risk or severity of adverse effects can be increased when Lisinopril is combined with Etacrynic acid."
Clinical Note
moderateLisinopril + Bumetanide
"The risk or severity of adverse effects can be increased when Lisinopril is combined with Bumetanide."
Clinical Note
moderateLisinopril + Benzydamine
"The risk or severity of adverse effects can be increased when Lisinopril is combined with Benzydamine."
Clinical Note
moderateLisinopril + Estrone sulfate
Enalapril: ~1.3 hours; Enalaprilat: terminal half-life ~35-38 hours, with multiple-dose accumulation half-life ~11 hours; effective half-life for ACE inhibition ~24 hours.
Terminal half-life approximately 12 hours (range 11–13 hours); clinical context: once-daily dosing for hypertension and heart failure; accumulation occurs with renal impairment.
Renal: ~35-50% as unchanged drug (enalaprilat), biliary/fecal: ~15-30% as metabolites and unchanged drug; total renal elimination of enalaprilat accounts for ~60-80% of dose.
Renal: 100% unchanged via glomerular filtration and tubular secretion; negligible biliary/fecal elimination.
Category C
Category D/X
ACE Inhibitor + Calcium Channel Blocker
ACE Inhibitor
"The serum concentration of Estrone sulfate can be decreased when it is combined with Lisinopril."