| abstract |
The present invention especially relates to the use of a combination comprisingn (1) an ACEI selected from the group consisting of benazepril, benazeprilat, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and (2) amlodipine or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, nfor the manufacture a medicament for the treatment or prevention or delay of progression of a condition selected from the group consisting of hypertension, congestive heart failure, angina, myocardial infarction, artherosclerosis, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic cardiac myopathy, renal insufficiency, peripheral vascular disease, left ventricular hypertrophy, cognitive dysfunction, blood pressure-related cerebrovasular disease, stroke, pulmonary disease or pulmonary hypertension and headache; nwhereinn (i) the amount of amlodipine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof corresponds to 6 mg to 40 mg of the free base and (ii) the amount of the ACE inhibitor or a pharmaceutically thereof corresponds to 20 mg to 160 mg of benazepril hydrochloride. |