Fosinopril Sodium
Brand names: Fosinopril Sodium
At a glance
- Medicare prescriptions, 2024
- 56,554
- Medicare drug cost
- $965,310
- Average cost per prescription
- $17.07
- Clinicians who prescribed it
- 3,123
Where it is prescribed
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What it is used for
Fosinopril sodium tablets are indicated for the treatment of hypertension. It may be used alone or in combination with thiazide diuretics.
From the FDA-approved prescribing information (label dated March 2023). Full labels on DailyMed (opens in a new tab)
Boxed warning
WARNING: FETAL TOXICITY When pregnancy is detected, discontinue fosinopril sodium tablets as soon as possible. Drugs that act directly on the renin-angiotensin system can cause injury and death to the developing fetus. See WARNINGS: Fetal Toxicity
The FDA’s strongest warning on a label. It doesn’t mean the drug is unsafe for most people; talk to your doctor or pharmacist before stopping or changing any medicine.
Who prescribes it
- Internal Medicine 35.3%
- Family Medicine 35.1%
- Nurse Practitioners 11.4%
- Cardiology 3.9%
- Physician Assistants 3.8%
- General Practice 3.5%
- Geriatric Medicine 1.4%
- Endocrinology & Diabetes 1.2%
- Interventional Cardiology 1.2%
- Nephrology (Kidney) 1.1%
- Infectious Disease 0.4%
- Pharmacists 0.3%
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Share of Medicare prescriptions written by each specialty. Select one to list its prescribers.
Trend, 2019–2024
Medicare prescriptions fell 33% from 2019 to 2024.
Biggest change by state since 2019
- Tennessee −25%
- Wisconsin −26%
- California −26%
- Oklahoma −28%
- Texas −30%
- Puerto Rico (smallest change) −45%
- Louisiana (smallest change) −45%
From CMS’s yearly state and national Part D summaries, which count every prescriber, including those CMS leaves out of its per-clinician data (fewer than 11 prescriptions). That is why these totals are higher than the count at the top of this page. Prescriptions include refills.
What it looks like
Pills from 5 makers on file. The same medicine can look different depending on who made it, so check the imprint (the letters and numbers on the pill) with your pharmacist if a refill looks different.
A-S Medication Solutions
| Strength | Looks like | Imprint |
|---|---|---|
| 10 mg | white capsule, 6 mm, scored to split in 2 | S 10 |
Aurobindo Pharma Limited
| Strength | Looks like | Imprint |
|---|---|---|
| 10 mg | white capsule, 8 mm, scored to split in 2 | X 77 |
| 20 mg | white round tablet, 8 mm | X 84 |
| 40 mg | white round tablet, 11 mm | X 69 |
Chartwell Rx, LLC
| Strength | Looks like | Imprint |
|---|---|---|
| 10 mg | white round tablet, 8 mm, scored to split in 2 | CE 97 |
| 20 mg | white round tablet, 8 mm | CE 98 |
| 40 mg | white round tablet, 8 mm | CE 99 |
Exelan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
| Strength | Looks like | Imprint |
|---|---|---|
| 10 mg | white round tablet, 6 mm, scored to split in 2 | IG 200 |
| 20 mg | white round tablet, 7 mm, scored to split in 2 | IG 201 |
| 40 mg | white round tablet, 10 mm, scored to split in 2 | IG 202 |
Solco Healthcare LLC
| Strength | Looks like | Imprint |
|---|---|---|
| 10 mg | white capsule, 6 mm, scored to split in 2 | S 10 |
| 20 mg | white round tablet, 7 mm | S 20 |
| 40 mg | white round tablet, 8 mm | S 40 |
Source: DailyMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine), from each maker’s FDA drug listing. A few makers are shown, not every one. Never take a pill you can’t identify; ask a pharmacist.
Industry payments about this drug
No industry payments to clinicians named this drug in 2025.
Recalls and shortages
Not on the FDA drug shortage list.
No FDA-reported recalls since 2020.
Sources: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug (2024; prescriptions include refills, and CMS hides counts under 11 per prescriber); U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA (drug labels, NDC directory, enforcement reports, drug shortages); CMS Open Payments 2025; ClinicalTrials.gov. General information only, not medical advice; not yet reviewed by our medical reviewer.