Lisinopril

Prinivil, Zestril · ACE inhibitor

Generic
lisinopril
Brands
Prinivil, Zestril
Class
ACE inhibitor
Say it
lye-SIN-oh-pril

What technicians need to know

Cough; teratogen. Prinivil brand discontinued by Merck; Zestril (AstraZeneca) and Qbrelis (lisinopril oral solution) remain branded options

Commonly mispronounced

"lis-IN-oh-pril" (stress error)

The -pril pattern

Lisinopril ends in -pril, which marks a ACE inhibitor — used for blood pressure and heart failure. Learning the suffix families turns roughly 200 separate drugs into about 20 patterns you can reason from. See all the families.

Other ace inhibitors

ramipril enalapril

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