Securon SR 240mg tablets

Pays: Royaume-Uni

Langue: anglais

Source: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Ingrédients actifs:

Verapamil hydrochloride

Disponible depuis:

Viatris UK Healthcare Ltd

Code ATC:

C08DA01

DCI (Dénomination commune internationale):

Verapamil hydrochloride

Dosage:

240mg

forme pharmaceutique:

Modified-release tablet

Mode d'administration:

Oral

classe:

No Controlled Drug Status

Type d'ordonnance:

Valid as a prescribable product

Descriptif du produit:

BNF: 02060200; GTIN: 5016565000091

Notice patient

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU
START TAKING THIS MEDICINE
•
Keep this leaflet as you may need to read it
again
•
This leaflet provides a summary of the
information currently available about Securon
SR
•
For further information or advice ask your
doctor or pharmacist
•
This medicine is for you only and should
never be given to anyone else, even if they
appear to have the same symptoms as you
•
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you
experience any side effects
Your medicine is called Securon SR 240mg
Tablets and will be referred to as Securon SR
throughout the rest of this leaflet.
Please note this leaflet also contains information
about other strengths of this medicine Half
Securon SR 120mg Tablets
LEAFLET CONTENTS:
1. What Securon SR is and what is it used for?
2. What you need to know before you take
Securon SR
3. How to take Securon SR
4. Possible side effects.
5. How to store Securon SR
6. Contents of the pack and other information
1. WHAT SECURON SR IS AND WHAT IS IT
USED FOR?
Securon SR tablets belong to a group of
medicines called calcium channel blockers.
Calcium channel blockers change the amount of
calcium getting into the muscle cells in your heart
and blood vessels. This can change the strength
and speed with which your heart beats. It also
opens up the blood vessels so blood can be
pumped around the body more easily. This helps
more oxygen to get to your heart muscle and can
lower your blood pressure.
Securon SR tablets are used to treat hypertension
(high blood pressure) and to prevent angina (chest
pain) attacks. The tablets may also be prescribed
following a heart attack, to prevent another attack
occuring.
The active ingredient in Securon SR tablets is
verapamil hydrochloride.
2. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU
TAKE SECURON SR
IF THE ANSWER TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS IS ‘YES’ PLEASE TELL YOUR DOCTOR OR
PHARMACIST BEFORE TAKING ANY TABLETS:
•
Are you sensitive (allergic) to verapamil or
any of the other ingredients in the tablets?
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Résumé des caractéristiques du produit

OBJECT 1
SECURON SR
Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 17-May-2017 | Mylan
Products Limited
1. Name of the medicinal product
Securon SR
2. Qualitative and quantitative composition
Verapamil Hydrochloride Ph Eur – 240 mg
3. Pharmaceutical form
Modified-release tablets.
The tablets are oblong, pale green, scored and embossed with two Knoll
logos (triangles) on one side.
4. Clinical particulars
4.1 Therapeutic indications
Securon SR is indicated for:
The treatment of mild to moderate hypertension.
The treatment and prophylaxis of angina pectoris.
Secondary prevention of reinfarction after an acute myocardial
infarction in patients without heart failure,
and not receiving diuretics (apart from low-dose diuretics when used
for indications other than heart
failure), and where beta-blockers are not appropriate. Treatment is to
be started at least one week after an
acute myocardial infarction.
4.2 Posology and method of administration
For oral use only.
Securon SR tablets should be taken without sucking or chewing, with
sufficient liquid, preferably with or
shortly after meals.
Securon SR tablets are scored and may be halved without damaging the
modified-release formulation.
_Adults _
_Hypertension: _One tablet of Securon SR daily. For patients new to
verapamil therapy, the physician
should consider halving the initial dose to 120 mg (one tablet Half
Securon SR). Most patients respond to
240 mg daily (one tablet Securon SR) given as a single dose. If
control is not achieved after a period of at
least one week, the dosage may be increased to a maximum of two
Securon SR tablets daily (one in the
morning and one in the evening at an interval of about twelve hours).
A further reduction in blood
pressure may be achieved by combining Securon SR with other
antihypertensive agents, in particular
diuretics. Half Securon SR may be used for dose titration purposes.
_Angina pectoris: _One tablet of Securon SR twice daily. A small
number of patients respond to a lower
dose and where indicated, adjustment down to one tablet