action toenalapril; however, it is fast acting. It is used in hypertensive emergencies. The dosage in human medicine is 0.625 to 1.25 mg intravenously over 5 minutes q6h. The dosage has been extrapolated for use inveterinary medicine, and the author uses 0.1 to 1.0 mg q6h ...
For conversion from intravenous to oral therapy, the recommended initial dose of oral enalapril maleate is 5 mg once a day for patients with creatinine clearance > 30 mL/ min and 2.5 mg once daily for patients with creatinine clearance ≤ 30 mL/min. Dosage should then be adjusted according t...
Enalapril gets converted to its active metabolite Enalaprilat. Enalaprilat has poor oral absorption and hence intravenous route is the preferred choice (Davies et al., 1984). It is intravenously administered 15 min prior to radiopharmaceutical injection. The acceptable dose is 40 u/kg i.v over 3...