IRBESARTAN HCTZ ARROW 300/12.5 irbesartan 300 mg and hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg tablet blister pack

Country: Australia

Language: English

Source: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

Active ingredient:

hydrochlorothiazide, Quantity: 12.5 mg; irbesartan, Quantity: 300 mg

Available from:

Arrotex Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd

INN (International Name):

Hydrochlorothiazide,Irbesartan

Pharmaceutical form:

Tablet, film coated

Composition:

Excipient Ingredients: poloxamer; povidone; croscarmellose sodium; microcrystalline cellulose; magnesium stearate; colloidal anhydrous silica; pregelatinised maize starch; lactose monohydrate; titanium dioxide; purified talc; iron oxide yellow; iron oxide red; polyvinyl alcohol; macrogol 3350; iron oxide black

Administration route:

Oral

Units in package:

30 tablets

Prescription type:

(S4) Prescription Only Medicine

Therapeutic indications:

Treatment of hypertension. Treatment should not be initiated with this fixed dose combination.

Product summary:

Visual Identification: Pink, oval tablet, embossed "IH 3" on one side and "Arrow logo" on the other side.; Container Type: Blister Pack; Container Material: PVC/PVDC/Al; Container Life Time: 24 Months; Container Temperature: Store below 25 degrees Celsius

Authorization status:

Licence status A

Authorization date:

2011-03-02

Patient Information leaflet

SIGMA-IRBESARTAN HCT
contains the active ingredients irbesartan and hydrochlorothiazide
CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION
What is in this leaflet
SIGMA-IRBESARTAN HCT/022011/CMI-2
1
This leaflet answers some common
questions about SIGMA-
IRBESARTAN HCT.
It does not contain all of the
available information. It does not
take the place of talking to your
doctor or pharmacist.
All medicines have benefits and
risks. Your doctor has weighed the
risks of you taking SIGMA-
IRBESARTAN HCT against the
benefits they expect it will have for
you.
IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT
TAKING THIS MEDICINE, TALK TO
YOUR DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST.
Keep this leaflet with your medicine.
You may need to read it again.
What SIGMA-IRBESARTAN
HCT is used for
SIGMA-IRBESARTAN HCT is used to
lower high blood pressure
(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 damage blood vessels
in several organs such as the heart,
the kidneys, the brain and the eyes.
This may lead to heart attacks,
heart or kidney failure, stoke or
blindness. As there are normally no
symptoms of high blood pressure
before damage occurs, your doctor
needs to regularly measure your
blood pressure to see if it is too
high.
High blood pressure can be treated
and controlled with medicines such
as SIGMA-IRBESARTAN HCT. Your
doctor may also recommend that
you adjust your lifestyle to help
lower your blood pressure (losing
weight, avoiding smoking, avoiding
alcohol consumption and restricting
salt intake in your diet). Your
doctor may also encourage you to
take regular, mild (not strenuous)
exerc