Χώρα: Αυστραλία
Γλώσσα: Αγγλικά
Πηγή: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)
enalapril maleate, Quantity: 5 mg
Generic Health Pty Ltd
enalapril maleate
Tablet, uncoated
Excipient Ingredients: maleic acid; zinc stearate; maize starch; hypromellose; lactose monohydrate
Oral
30 tablets
(S4) Prescription Only Medicine
Hypertension. Enalapril Generic Health is indicated in the treatment of: All grades of essential hypertension; renovascular hypertension. Congestive heart failure. Enalapril Generic Health is indicated in the treatment of all degrees of symptomatic heart failure. In such patients it is recommended that enalapril be administered together with a diuretic. Left ventricular dysfunction. All degrees of left ventricular dysfunction where the left ventricular ejection fraction is less than 35%, irrespective of the presence or severity of obvious symptoms of heart failure.
Visual Identification: White, barrel shaped, embosed "5" on one side; Container Type: Blister Pack; Container Material: Al/Al; Container Life Time: 2 Years; Container Temperature: Store below 30 degrees Celsius
Licence status A
2008-12-23
CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION ENALAPRIL GENERIC HEALTH (ENALAPRIL MALEATE) UNCOATED TABLET WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET This leaflet answers some common questions about Enalapril generic health. 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 risks of you taking Enalapril generic health 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 ENALAPRIL GENERIC HEALTH IS USED FOR Enalapril generic health lowers high blood pressure, which doctors call hypertension. It is also used to treat heart failure. _HYPERTENSION _ Everyone has blood pressure. This pressure helps get your blood all around your body. Your blood pressure may be different at different times of the day, depending on how busy or worried you are. You have hypertension (high blood pressure) when your blood pressure stays higher than is needed, even when you are calm and relaxed. There are usually no symptoms of hypertension. The only way of knowing that you have hypertension is to have your blood pressure checked on a regular basis. If high blood pressure is not treated it can lead to serious health problems. You may feel fine and have no symptoms, but eventually hypertension can cause stroke, heart disease and kidney failure. Enalapril generic health helps to lower your blood pressure. _ _ _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 short of breath or may get tired easily after light physical activity such as walking. Some patients may wake up short of breath at night. Fluid may c Διαβάστε το πλήρες έγγραφο
AUSTRALIAN PRODUCT INFORMATION – ENALAPRIL GENERIC HEALTH (ENALAPRIL MALEATE) UNCOATED TABLET 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINE Enalapril maleate. 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each tablet contains 5 mg, 10 mg or 20 mg of enalapril maleate. List of excipients with known effect: sugars as lactose. For the full list of excipients, see SECTION 6.1 LIST OF EXCIPIENTS. 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Enalapril generic health 5 mg tablet: White, barrel shaped, embossed with “5” on one side. Enalapril generic health 10 mg tablet: Pink, barrel shaped, embossed with “10” on one side. Enalapril generic health 20 mg tablet: Peach, barrel shaped, embossed with “20” on one side. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS HYPERTENSION Enalapril generic health is indicated in the treatment of: • all grades of essential hypertension; • renovascular hypertension. CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE Enalapril generic health is indicated for the treatment of all degrees of symptomatic heart failure. In such patients it is recommended that enalapril be administered together with a diuretic. LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION All degrees of left ventricular dysfunction where the left ventricular ejection fraction is less than 35%, irrespective of the presence or severity of obvious symptoms of heart failure. 4.2 DOSE AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION Since there is no lower dose (2.5 mg) of Enalapril generic health available, if a 2.5 mg dose of enalapril is required, an alternative product must be used. As the 5 mg Enalapril generic health tablets do not Enalapril generic health v4 Page 2 of 18 (enalapril maleate) uncoated tablet have a breakline, alternative enalapril products should be used if a 2.5 mg dose is required. The 5 mg Enalapril generic health tablets must not be broken in half to give a 2.5 mg dose. ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION In patients who are currently being treated with a diuretic, symptomatic hypotension occasionally may occur following the initial dose of enalapril tablets. The diuretic should, if possible, be discontinue Διαβάστε το πλήρες έγγραφο