البلد: أستراليا
اللغة: الإنجليزية
المصدر: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)
atenolol, Quantity: 50 mg
Sandoz Pty Ltd
Atenolol
Tablet, film coated
Excipient Ingredients: maize starch; magnesium carbonate hydrate; magnesium stearate; Gelatin; sodium lauryl sulfate; titanium dioxide; lactose monohydrate; hypromellose; macrogol 4000
Oral
30 tablets
(S4) Prescription Only Medicine
Atenolol Sandoz is indicated in the management of:,- All grades of hypertension, including hypertension of renal origin,- Frequent disabling angina without evidence of cardiac failure,- Cardiac arrhythmias (acute treatment of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias, including those associated with acute myocardial infarction),- Myocardial infarction: Late intervention (beta-blocker class effect greater than 12 hours after onset of chest pain).
Visual Identification: White, round convex film-coated tablets, scored on one side; Container Type: Blister Pack; Container Material: PVC/Al; Container Life Time: 30 Months; Container Temperature: Store below 25 degrees Celsius; Container Closure: Child resistant closure
Registered
2004-08-27
ATENOLOL SANDOZ ® 1 ATENOLOL SANDOZ ® _atenolol tablets _ CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET This leaflet answers some common questions about Atenolol Sandoz. It does not contain all the available information. It does not take the place of talking to your doctor or pharmacist. All medicines have risks and benefits. Your doctor has weighed the risk of you taking this medicine against the benefits they expect it will have for you. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT TAKING THIS MEDICINE, ASK YOUR DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST. KEEP THIS LEAFLET WITH THE MEDICINE. You may need to read it again. WHAT ATENOLOL SANDOZ IS USED FOR Atenolol Sandoz contains the active ingredient atenolol. Atenolol belongs to a group of medicines called beta- blockers. It works by affecting the body's response to certain nerve impulses, especially in the heart. As a result, it decreases the heart's need for blood and oxygen and therefore reduces the amount of work the heart has to do. It widens the blood vessels in the body, causing blood pressure to fall. It also helps the heart to beat more regularly This medicine is used to: • lower high blood pressure (hypertension) • prevent angina (chest pain) • treat irregular heart rhythm or beat (cardiac arrhythmias) • treat heart attacks, or reduce your risk of heart complications following a heart attack. Atenolol Sandoz may be either used alone or in combination with other medicines to treat your condition. _HYPERTENSION: _ All people have blood pressure. This pressure helps to push blood all around your body. Your blood pressure changes during the day, depending on how busy you are or how you are feeling. You have hypertension (high blood pressure) when your blood pressure stays higher than is needed, even when you are calm and relaxed. Regular blood pressure checks are the only way of knowing that you have hypertension. There are usually no symptoms of hypertension and you may feel fine. If hypertension is not treated, serious health problems such as stroke, heart disease and k اقرأ الوثيقة كاملة
201002-atenolol-sandoz-pi Page 1 of 12 AUSTRALIAN PRODUCT INFORMATION ATENOLOL SANDOZ ® (ATENOLOL) 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINE Atenolol 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each Atenolol Sandoz ® 50 mg tablet contains 50 mg Atenolol. _Excipients with known effect: _ Each tablet contains lactose monohydrate. For the full list of excipients, see Section 6.1 List of excipients. 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Atenolol Sandoz 50 mg tablets are white, round, convex film-coated tablets, scored on one side. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 T HERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS Atenolol Sandoz is indicated in the management of • All grades of hypertension, including hypertension of renal origin • Frequent disabling angina without evidence of cardiac failure • Cardiac arrhythmias (acute treatment of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias, including those associated with acute myocardial infarction) • Myocardial infarction: Late intervention (beta-blocker class effect greater than 12 hours after onset of chest pain). 4.2 D OSE AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION DOSAGE _ADULTS _ _Hypertension_ Therapy should be initiated with Atenolol Sandoz 50 mg daily. This may be increased each week in daily doses of 50 mg up to a maximum of 200 mg. Where patients are controlled on daily doses of 50 to 100 mg this may be given once daily. Doses above 100 mg daily should be given on a divided basis. Where necessary, a further reduction in blood pressure may be achieved by combining Atenolol Sandoz with other antihypertensive agents. Patients can be transferred to Atenolol Sandoz from other antihypertensive treatments with the exception of clonidine (see Section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use - Clonidine). _Angina Pectoris _ Therapy should be initiated with Atenolol Sandoz 50 mg daily. This may be increased, if required, to 100 mg daily given as a single or divided dose. It is unlikely that additional benefit will be gained by increasing the dose. 201002-atenolol-sandoz-pi Page 2 of 12 _Cardiac Dysrhythmias_ Having controlled the dysrhythmias اقرأ الوثيقة كاملة