Re: lotrel taken accidentally

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Lotrel is an antihypertensive that is an ACE inhibitor. These are contraindicated in pregnancy. I doubt one would do serious harm, nor is there any way to check for it. Please be sure you separate the pill bottles so this will not happen again.

At Sun, 29 Sep 2002, anonymous wrote: >
>I am 5 weeks pregnant and accidentally took one of my husband's lotrel
>pills instead of a prenantal vitamin(the containers looked the same from
>the pharmacy)
>
>Do you think this mistake will cause any harm?

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