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LISINOPRIL

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Apo-Lisinopril · PIN 09853685 · 5mg · tablet

General benefitOntario PIN; no Health Canada record under this code
StatusGeneral benefit
Write on scriptno code needed
Patient paysPatient pays: program not supplied; amount cannot be determined.

No Health Canada record under this code: Ontario lists it under a product identification number (PIN), not a DIN. Look up the brand's own DIN on Health Canada: https://health-products.canada.ca/dpd-bdpp/index-eng.jsp

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Apo-Lisinopril · DIN 09853685 Manufacturer: Apotex Inc.; listing date 1999-04-15 Daily cost (source): $0.1428 No Health Canada record under this code: Ontario lists it under a product identification number (PIN), not a DIN. Look up the brand's own DIN on Health Canada: https://health-products.canada.ca/dpd-bdpp/index-eng.jsp
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Apo-Lisinopril: Formulary list price $0.1428/unit (unit not stated in source; not the patient's cost)

Ministry pays: $0.1428 per source unit.

Source explanation: The formulary price is what ODB pays; the cash price at the counter is set by the pharmacy.

Formulary data: Ontario extract of Aug 26, 2026 · Ontario PIN; see Health Canada brand lookup · Verify on the e-Formulary ↗ (DIN 09853685)

Source record
DIN 09853685: Apo-Lisinopril Raw flags: chronicUseMed=Y, sec3=Y Item: 240800146; group id 333; item number 0745; lccId None; manufacturer id APX Source form: Tab; strength: 5mg Recorded listing: General benefit; chronic-use medication (100-day supply rule, dispensing-fee limit) Source prices (unrounded): $0.1428; ministry $0.1428 Source: ODB odb-formulary-ed43-extract-2026-08-26.xml extract_date=2026-08-26 DIN=09853685 Look up the brand's own DIN on Health Canada: https://health-products.canada.ca/dpd-bdpp/index-eng.jsp
Interchangeable products
Prinivil · DIN 00839388 · not recorded Sandoz Lisinopril · DIN 09857272 · $0.1428 Teva-Lisinopril (Type P) · DIN 02285061 · $0.1428
Shortage status: no shortage or discontinuation reported (checked 2026-09-13T08:10:21.292534+00:00); reports as of 2026-09-13T08:10:21.292534+00:00 (Health Product Shortages Canada) Source: https://healthproductshortages.ca/search?term=09853685
Shortage record checked 2026-09-13T08:10:21.292534+00:00
Other drugs in the same formulary class (24:08 Hypotensive Drugs (For Diuretics See 40:28)) and how they are covered

Matched class: 24:08 Hypotensive Drugs (For Diuretics See 40:28)

Drug-class inventory only. Lists recorded Ontario formulary products, not every Canadian medication; does not recommend treatment. Covered without a code on the Ontario formulary: CANDESARTAN CILEXETIL, CANDESARTAN CILEXETIL & HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE, CILAZAPRIL & HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE, LABETALOL HCL, LOSARTAN POTASSIUM, LOSARTAN POTASSIUM & HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE, MINOXIDIL, OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL, OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL & HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE, PERINDOPRIL ERBUMINE, PERINDOPRIL ERBUMINE & INDAPAMIDE, PINDOLOL & HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE, TELMISARTAN, TELMISARTAN & AMLODIPINE BESYLATE, TELMISARTAN & HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE, VALSARTAN & HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE Some products covered without a code (check the product listing): ATENOLOL & CHLORTHALIDONE, BENAZEPRIL, CAPTOPRIL, CILAZAPRIL, CLONIDINE HCL, DOXAZOSIN MESYLATE, ENALAPRIL MALEATE, FELODIPINE, FOSINOPRIL SODIUM, HYDRALAZINE HCL, IRBESARTAN, IRBESARTAN & HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE, LISINOPRIL & HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE, METHYLDOPA, NIFEDIPINE, PINDOLOL, PRAZOSIN HCL, QUINAPRIL, QUINAPRIL & HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE, RAMIPRIL, RAMIPRIL & HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE, TERAZOSIN HCL, TRANDOLAPRIL, VALSARTAN, VERAPAMIL HCL 24:08 Hypotensive Drugs (For Diuretics See 40:28)

ATENOLOL & CHLORTHALIDONE

· 4 products · Listed, not a benefit (2), General benefit (2) · strengths: 50 & 25mg, 100 & 25mg · Tab

BENAZEPRIL

· 6 products · Listed, not a benefit (3), General benefit (3) · strengths: 5mg, 10mg, 20mg · Tab

CANDESARTAN CILEXETIL

· 59 products · General benefit · strengths: 4mg, 8mg, 16mg, 32mg · Tab

CANDESARTAN CILEXETIL & HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE

· 21 products · General benefit · strengths: 16mg & 12.5mg, 32mg & 12.5mg, 32mg & 25mg · Tab

CAPTOPRIL

· 14 products · Limited Use, codes 707, 723 (2), Listed, not a benefit (4), General benefit (8) · strengths: 5mg/5mL, 25mg/5mL, 12.5mg, 25mg, 50mg, 100mg · Oral Sol, Tab

CILAZAPRIL

· 8 products · Listed, not a benefit (2), General benefit (6) · strengths: 1mg, 2.5mg, 5mg · Tab

CILAZAPRIL & HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE

· 2 products · General benefit · strengths: 5mg/12.5mg · Tab

CLONIDINE HCL

· 17 products · Off-Formulary Interchangeable, not an ODB benefit (7), Listed, not a benefit (2), General benefit (8) · strengths: 0.025mg, 0.1mg, 0.2mg · Tab

DOXAZOSIN MESYLATE

· 12 products · Listed, not a benefit (3), General benefit (9) · strengths: 1mg, 2mg, 4mg · Tab

ENALAPRIL MALEATE

· 52 products · Listed, not a benefit (1), General benefit (51) · strengths: 2.5mg, 5mg, 10mg, 20mg · Tab

FELODIPINE

· 12 products · General benefit (10), Listed, not a benefit (2) · strengths: 2.5mg, 5mg, 10mg · ER Tab, SR Tab

FOSINOPRIL SODIUM

· 12 products · Listed, not a benefit (2), General benefit (10) · strengths: 10mg, 20mg · Tab Source: formulary-ed43-front-matter.txt Part V; ODB odb-formulary-ed43-extract-2026-08-26.xml extract_date=2026-08-26; class 24:08 and 35 more
Full class listing Related classes: 24:04 Cardiac Drugs, 24:06 Antilipemic Drugs, 24:12 Vasodilating Drugs, 24:32 Renin-Angiotensin Aldosterone Inhibitors Same formulary class, not same indication: class membership alone does not establish equivalent uses.
What the Health Canada label says it is for
INDICATIONS ZESTRIL (lisinopril) is indicated in adults for: • Hypertension: in the treatment of essential hypertension and in renovascular hypertension, alone or in combination with thiazide diuretics. A great majority of patients (>80%) with severe hypertension required combination therapy. • Heart Failure: in the management of symptomatic congestive heart failure as adjunctive treatment with diuretics, and where appropriate, digitalis. Treatment with ZESTRIL should be initiated under close medical supervision, usually in a hospital. High doses of ZESTRIL reduce the risk of the combined outcomes of mortality and hospitalization (see 4 DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION and 10 CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY). • Acute Myocardial Infarction: in the treatment of hemodynamically stable patients as early as within 24 hours following acute myocardial infarction, to improve survival. Patients should receive, as appropriate, the standard recommended treatments such as thrombolytics, ASA and beta blocker(s). Therapy with ZESTRIL should be reassessed after 6 weeks. If there is no evidence of symptomatic or asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction, treatment with ZESTRIL can be sto… https://pdf.hres.ca/dpd_pm/00073496.PDF PM date: not printed or not captured Source product: ZESTRIL; DIN 02049333; fetched 2026-09-10 Product monograph posted by Health Canada; excerpt for lookup only.