FRUSEMIDE SANDOZ furosemide (frusemide) 40mg tablet bottle

Country: Australia

Language: English

Source: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

Active ingredient:

furosemide, Quantity: 40 mg

Available from:

Sandoz Pty Ltd

Pharmaceutical form:

Tablet, uncoated

Composition:

Excipient Ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose; maize starch; lactose monohydrate; magnesium stearate; sodium starch glycollate

Administration route:

Oral

Units in package:

100 tablets

Prescription type:

(S4) Prescription Only Medicine

Therapeutic indications:

Oedema: Adults. Treatment of oedema associated with congestive heart failure, cirrhosis of the liver and renal disease, including the nephrotic syndrome. Frusemide Sandoz is particularly useful when an agent with greater diuretic potential than that of those commonly employed is desired. Hypertension: Adults. Oral Frusemide Sandoz may be used in adults for the treatment of hypertension alone or in combination with other antihypertensive agents. Hypertensive patients who cannot be adequately controlled with thiazides will probably also not be adequately controlled with Frusemide Sandoz alone.

Product summary:

Visual Identification: White, round tablets, slightly convex with a score notch on one side.; Container Type: Bottle; Container Material: PE; Container Life Time: 3 Years; Container Temperature: Store below 25 degrees Celsius; Container Closure: Child resistant closure

Authorization status:

Registered

Authorization date:

1998-06-09

Patient Information leaflet

FRUSEMIDE SANDOZ
®
_frusemide tablets_
CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION
WHAT IS IN THIS
LEAFLET
This leaflet answers some common
questions about Frusemide Sandoz.
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 risk of you taking this medicine
against the benefits it is expected to
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 want to read it again.
WHAT FRUSEMIDE
SANDOZ IS USED
FOR
This medicine is used to reduce
oedema (swelling) by removing the
excess fluid from the swollen - of the
ankles, feet, legs or even the brain or
lungs. It is also used to treat
hypertension (high blood pressure)
either alone or in combination with
other drugs.
It contains the active ingredient
frusemide.
Frusemide belongs to a group of
medicines called diuretics ("fluid
tablets").
It works in your kidneys by
increasing the amount of urine
produced. This reduces the amount of
excess fluid in the body.
ASK YOUR DOCTOR IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY FRUSEMIDE
SANDOZ WAS PRESCRIBED FOR YOU.
Your doctor may have prescribed
Frusemide Sandoz for another
reason.
This medicine is not addictive.
This medicine is available only with
a doctor's prescription.
BEFORE YOU TAKE
FRUSEMIDE SANDOZ
_WHEN YOU MUST NOT TAKE IT_
DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE IF YOU
HAVE AN ALLERGY TO:
•
frusemide, the active ingredient
or any of the inactive ingredients
listed at the end of this leaflet
under Product Description
•
any other similar medicines, such
as diuretics
•
medicines containing
sulfonamides, such as sulphur
antibiotics or sulfonylureas which
are medicines used to treat
diabetes.
Some of the symptoms of an allergic
reaction may include:
•
shortness of breath
•
wheezing or difficulty breathing
•
swelling of the face, lips, tongue
or other parts of the body
•
rash, itching or hives on the skin.
DO NOT TAKE THIS

Summary of Product characteristics

_Product Information _
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_Frusemide Sandoz 40mg Tablets _
_06/2017 _
_Sandoz Pty Ltd _
PRODUCT INFORMATION
FRUSEMIDE
SANDOZ
®
40MG
TABLETS
NAME OF THE MEDICINE
_Generic name:_
frusemide
_Chemical name:_
4-chloro-N-furfuryl-5-sulfamoylanthranilic acid
_Chemical structure: _
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