Land: Australien
Sprache: Englisch
Quelle: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)
candesartan cilexetil, Quantity: 32 mg
Generic Health Pty Ltd
Candesartan cilexetil
Tablet, uncoated
Excipient Ingredients: carmellose calcium; maize starch; lactose monohydrate; hyprolose; macrogol 8000; magnesium stearate; iron oxide red
Oral
30 tablets
(S4) Prescription Only Medicine
Treatment of hypertension.,Treatment of patients with heart failure and impaired left ventricular systolic function (left ventricular ejection fraction <=40percent) as add-on therapy to ACE inhibitors or when ACE inhibitors are not tolerated.
Visual Identification: Light pink, round, biconvex uncoated mottled tablets debossed with L294 on one side and break line on other side.; Container Type: Bottle; Container Material: HDPE; Container Life Time: 12 Months; Container Temperature: Store below 25 degrees Celsius; Container Closure: Child resistant closure
Licence status A
2013-05-02
CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION CANDESARTAN GH (CANDESARTAN CILEXETIL) UNCOATED TABLET WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET This leaflet answers some common questions about Candesartan GH. It does not contain all of the available information. It does not take the place of talking to your doctor or pharmacist. All medicines have benefits and risks. Your doctor has weighed the risks of you taking Candesartan GH against the benefits they expect it will have for you. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT TAKING THIS MEDICINE, TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST. KEEP THIS LEAFLET WITH YOUR MEDICINE. You may need to read it again. WHAT CANDESARTAN GH IS USED FOR Candesartan GH is a type of medicine called an angiotensin- II receptor antagonist (or blocker). Candesartan GH is used to treat high blood pressure, also called hypertension; Candesartan GH is also used to treat heart failure. It is used in combination with other medicines to treat your condition. _HYPERTENSION _ Everyone has 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 or heart attack and heart or kidney failure may occur. Candesartan GH lowers blood pressure by dilating (expanding) small blood vessels from the heart, letting the blood be pumped around the body more easily. _HEART FAILURE _ Heart failure means that the heart muscle cannot pump blood strongly enough to supply all the blood needed throughout the body. Heart failure is not the same as heart attack and does not mean that the heart stops working. Heart failure may start off with no symptoms, but as the condition progresses, patients may feel sh Lesen Sie das vollständige Dokument
AUSTRALIAN PRODUCT INFORMATION – CANDESARTAN GH (CANDESARTAN CILEXETIL) UNCOATED TABLET 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINE Candesartan cilexetil. 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Candesartan GH tablets come in three strengths and contain 4 mg, 16 mg or 32 mg of candesartan cilexetil. List of excipients with known effects: sugars as lactose. For the full list of excipients, see SECTION 6.1 LIST OF EXCIPIENTS. 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Candesartan GH 4 mg tablet: Light pink, mottled, round biconvex uncoated tablet with ‘291’ on one side and a scoreline on the other side. Candesartan GH 16 mg tablet: Light pink, mottled, round biconvex uncoated tablet with ‘L293’ on one side and a scoreline on the other side. Candesartan GH 32 mg tablet: Light pink, mottled, round biconvex uncoated tablet with ‘L294’ on one side and a scoreline on the other side. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS Treatment of hypertension. Treatment of patients with heart failure and impaired left ventricular systolic function (left ventricular ejection fraction ≤ 40%) as add-on therapy to ACE inhibitors or when ACE inhibitors are not tolerated. 4.2 DOSE AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION Candesartan GH should be taken once daily with or without food. HYPERTENSION The recommended maintenance dose of candesartan is 8 mg or 16 mg once daily. The maximal antihypertensive effect is attained within 4 weeks following initiation of treatment. For those patients who start on 8 mg and require further blood pressure reduction, a dose increase to 16 mg is recommended. An initial dose of 16 mg is also well tolerated. Some patients may receive an additional benefit by increasing the dose to 32 mg once daily. Candesartan GH v7.0 Page 2 of 17 (candesartan cilexetil) uncoated tablet In patients with less than optimal blood pressure reduction on candesartan, combination with a thiazide diuretic is recommended. Special Patient Populations _Use in the Elderly _ An initial dose of 8 mg is recommended. _Hepatic impairment _ Dose titration is recomme Lesen Sie das vollständige Dokument