EMVASC Film Coated Tablet 5 Milligram

Country: Ireland

Language: English

Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)

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Active ingredient:

BISOPROLOL FUMARATE

Available from:

Norton Healthcare Limited T/A IVAX Pharmaceuticals UK

Dosage:

5 Milligram

Pharmaceutical form:

Film Coated Tablet

Authorization date:

2003-01-24

Summary of Product characteristics

                                PART II
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Emvasc 5 mg Tablets.
2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each tablet contains bisoprolol fumarate 5 mg.
Each tablet contains 0.015mg of E110.
For excipients, see section 6.1.
3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Film-coated Tablets.
Pink, round biconvex film coated tablets, embossed with BPL 5 on one face.
4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
Hypertension
Chronic stable angina pectoris
4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
Bisoprolol 5mg Tablets are for oral administration.
The dosage should be individually adjusted. It is recommended to start with the lowest possible dose. In some patients,
5 mg per day may be adequate. The usual dose is 10 mg once daily with a maximum recommended dose of 20 mg per
day.
Patients with kidney impairment
In patients with severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance < 20ml/min), the dose should not exceed 10 mg
bisoprolol once daily. This dosage may eventually be halved to 5mg per day.
Patients with severe liver impairment
No dosage adjustment is required, however careful monitoring is advised.
Elderly:
No dosage adjustment is normally required. It is recommended to start with the lowest possible dose
Children under 12 years and adolescents:
There is no paediatric experience with this medicine, therefore its use cannot be recommended
Discontinuation of treatment
Treatment should not be stopped abruptly _(see section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use). _The dosage
should be diminished slowly by a weekly halving of the dose.
IRISH MEDICINES BOARD
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_Date Printed 17/09/2009_
_CRN 2071407_
_page number: 1_
4.3 CONTRAINDICATIONS
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acute heart failure or during epi
                                
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