Brand name: Altace
Ramipril is a medicine to treat high blood pressure and reduce the risk of stroke, heart attack and death. Your physician may use the medicine to treat congestive heart disease due to heart attack or other conditions as well.
The medicine refers to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors). It works by causing relaxation in blood vessels, thus, the pressure lowers and blood flows more freely. It also increases the ability of the heart to pump blood in certain heart failure types.