Country: Ireland
Language: English
Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)
CANDESARTAN CILEXETIL
Ranbaxy Ireland Limited
16 Milligram
Tablets
2010-11-05
License Summary of Product Characteristics 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Candesartan cilexetil 16mg Tablets 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each tablet contains 16 mg candesartan cilexetil. Excipient: 151.5 mg of lactose monhydrate tablet For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Tablet. Pink capsule shaped tablet with ‘C’ & ‘11’ debossed on either side of breakline on one side and breakline on other side. The tablet can be divided into equal halves. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 Therapeutic Indications CANDESARTAN CILEXETIL is indicated for the: • Treatment of essential hypertension in adults. • Treatment of adult patients with heart failure and impaired left ventricular systolic function (left ventricular ejection fraction ≤ 40%) as add-on therapy to Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or when ACE inhibitors are not tolerated (see section 5.1). 4.2 Posology and method of administration Posology in Hypertension The recommended initial dose and usual maintenance dose of CANDESARTAN CILEXETIL is 8 mg once daily. Most of the antihypertensive effect is attained within 4 weeks. In some patients whose blood pressure is not adequately controlled, the dose can be increased to Read the complete document