Carvedilol 12.5mg tablets

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Active ingredient:

Carvedilol

Available from:

DE Pharmaceuticals

ATC code:

C07AG02

INN (International Name):

Carvedilol

Dosage:

12.5mg

Pharmaceutical form:

Oral tablet

Administration route:

Oral

Class:

No Controlled Drug Status

Prescription type:

Valid as a prescribable product

Product summary:

BNF: 02040000

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Summary of Product characteristics

SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Carvedilol 12.5 mg Tablets
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
2
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each tablet contains 12.5 mg of Carvedilol
Excipient(s) with known effect: Each tablet contains 62.94 mg of
lactose
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Tablet
Carvedilol Tablets are cream coloured, circular, biconvex tablets,
8.30 mm-8.70 mm
in diameter, marked ‘C12’ on one face and plain on the reverse
face.
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
4
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
Essential hypertension
Chronic stable angina pectoris
Adjunctive treatment of moderate to severe stable chronic heart
failure.
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
4
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.2
POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
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ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
Carvedilol
may
be
used
for
the
treatment
of
hypertension
alone
or
in
combination with other antihypertensives, especially thiazide
diuretics. Once
daily dosing is recommended, however the recommended maximum single
dose is 25 mg and the recommended maximum daily dose is 50 mg.
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_Adults:_
The recommended initial dose is 12.5 mg once a day for the first two
days.
Thereafter the treatment is continued at the dose 25 mg/day. If
necessary, the
dose may be further increased gradually at intervals of two weeks or
more
rarely.
_Elderly:_
The recommended initial dose in hypertension is 12.5 mg once a day
which
may also be sufficient for continued treatment.
However, if the therapeutic response is inadequate at this dose, the
dose may
be further increased gradually at intervals of two weeks or more
rarely.
CHRONIC STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS:
A twice-daily regimen is recommended.
_Adults:_
The recommended initial dosage is 12.5 mg twice a day for the first
two days.
Thereafter, the treatment is continued at the dose 25 mg twice a day.
If
necessary, the dose may be further increased gradually at intervals of
two
weeks or more rarely to the recommended maximum dose of 100 mg