Furosemide 20mg tablets

Land: Vereinigtes Königreich

Sprache: Englisch

Quelle: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Wirkstoff:

Furosemide

Verfügbar ab:

Accord-UK Ltd

ATC-Code:

C03CA01

INN (Internationale Bezeichnung):

Furosemide

Dosierung:

20mg

Darreichungsform:

Oral tablet

Verabreichungsweg:

Oral

Klasse:

No Controlled Drug Status

Verschreibungstyp:

Valid as a prescribable product

Produktbesonderheiten:

BNF: 02020200; GTIN: 5012617009715

Gebrauchsinformation

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FUROSEMIDE 20MG TABLETS
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READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START
TAKING THIS MEDICINE.
•
Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
•
If you have any further questions, ask your
doctor or pharmacist.
•
This medicine has been prescribed for you. Do
not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even
if their symptoms are the same as yours.
•
If any of the side effects get serious, or if you
notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet,
please tell your doctor or pharmacist.
INDEX
1
WHAT FUROSEMIDE TABLETS ARE AND WHAT
THEY ARE USED FOR
2 BEFORE YOU TAKE
3
HOW TO TAKE
4
POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
5
HOW TO STORE
6
FURTHER INFORMATION
1 WHAT FUROSEMIDE TABLETS ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE
USED FOR
Furosemide tablets is one of a group of medicines called diuretics
(water tablets).
Your doctor has prescribed Furosemide tablets to treat a condition
called oedema where there is too much water in your body. This
could be due to problems with your heart, kidneys, liver, blood
vessels or high blood pressure. Furosemide helps your kidneys to get
rid of the extra water that is not needed in your body.
2 BEFORE YOU TAKE
DO NOT TAKE FUROSEMIDE TABLETS IF YOU:
• are ALLERGIC (hypersensitive) to furosemide, other sulfonamide
related drugs or any of the other ingredients in Furosemide tablets
(see section 6)
• have SEVERE KIDNEY DAMAGE which has stopped them working
properly and producing urine
•
have very low levels of POTASSIUM, SODIUM or other ELECTROLYTES
in your blood or low blood volume (your doctor will be able to
advise you)
• are DEHYDRATED
• have LOW BLOOD PRESSURE
• take POTASSIUM SUPPLEMENTS or POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETICS for
high blood pressure (e.g. amiloride or spironolactone)
• have LIVER CIRRHOSIS (tiredness, weakness, water retention,
feeling or
being sick, loss of weight or appetite, yellowing skin or eyes, itch )
or
LIVER ENCEPHALOPATHY (confusion, altered levels of consciousness
and coma a

Fachinformation

SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Furosemide Tablets BP 20mg
2
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each tablet contains 20mg Furosemide (Furosemide) Ph.Eur.
3
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
White uncoated tablets
4
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
Furosemide is a potent diuretic with a rapid action.
Indications for Furosemide include:
1)
The treatment of oedema associated with congestive heart failure,
cirrhosis
of the liver, renal disease including nephrotic syndrome.
2)
The treatment of peripheral oedema due to mild to moderate
hypertension
(alone,
or
in
combination
with
other
antihypertensive
agents
in
the
treatment of more severe cases).
4.2
POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
_ _
_Posology _
_Adults and children over 12 years: _
_Oedema:_ Initially 40mg daily in the morning; ordinarily a prompt
diuresis
ensues and the starting dose can then be maintained or even reduced.
Diuresis
lasts for approximately four hours following administration and hence
the time
of administration can be adjusted to suit the patient's requirements.
Maintenance dose is 20mg daily or 40mg on alternate days, increased in
resistant oedema to 80mg daily.
_Hypertension:_ 20-40mg twice daily; if 40mg twice daily does not lead
to a
clinically satisfactory response, the addition of other
antihypertensive agents,
rather than an increase in the dose of furosemide should be
considered.
_Children under 12 years:_ From 1-3mg/kg bodyweight.
_Elderly:_ Generally eliminated more slowly. Dosage should be titrated
until
the required response is achieved.
_Dosage adjustment may be required (see also section 4.4) _
Dosage adjustment may be necessary in patients with
•
hypoproteinaemia
•
liver congestion/dysfunction
_Concomitant administration of the following with furosemide should be
_
_considered (see section 4.4): _
Colestyramine and colestipol - Administer 2 to 3 hours apart.
4.3
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Furosemide is contraindicated in the following circumstances
•
Hypersensitivity to furosemide, any of