Država: Velika Britanija
Jezik: engleski
Izvor: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)
Propranolol hydrochloride
AstraZeneca UK Ltd
C07AA05
Propranolol hydrochloride
40mg
Oral tablet
Oral
No Controlled Drug Status
Valid as a prescribable product
BNF: 02040000
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE PATIENT INDERAL 10 MG AND 40 MG FILM-COATED TABLETS propranolol hydrochloride Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start taking this medicine because it contains important information for you. Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again. If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist. This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours. If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4. WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET 1. What Inderal is and what it is used for 2. What you need to know before you take Inderal 3. How to take Inderal 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store Inderal 6. Contents of the pack and other information 1. WHAT INDERAL IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR The name of your medicine is Inderal. The active ingredient is propranolol. Inderal is produced as film-coated tablets in two different strengths. Each tablet contains 10 mg or 40 mg of propranolol hydrochloride. Propranolol is one of a group of drugs called beta-blockers. It has effects on the heart and circulation and also on other parts of the body. Inderal can be used for many conditions including: Hypertension (high blood pressure) Angina (chest pain) Some arrhythmias (disorders of heart rhythm) Protection of the heart after a myocardial infarction (heart attack) Prevention of migraine Essential tremor, anxiety Certain thyroid conditions (such as thyrotoxicosis, which is caused by an overactive thyroid gland) Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (thickened heart muscle) Phaeochromocytoma (high blood pressure due to a tumour usually near the kidney) Bleeding in the oesophagus caused by high blood pressure in the liver. 2. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TAKE INDERAL IF YOU HAVE EVER HAD ASTHMA OR WHEEZING, DO NOT TAKE YOUR INDERAL. GO BACK TO YOUR DOCT Pročitajte cijeli dokument
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Inderal 40 mg film-coated tablets. 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each tablet contains 40 mg propranolol hydrochloride. Excipient(s) with known effect: Lactose – 147 mg of lactose per tablet For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Film-coated tablet. Pink, round, biconvex, intagliated with “40” on one face and bisected on the reverse face. Diameter of each film-coated tablet is approximately 8.5 mm. The score line is not intended for breaking the tablet. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS a) the control of hypertension; b) the management of angina pectoris; c) long term management against re-infarction after recovery from acute myocardial infarction; d) the control of most forms of cardiac dysrhythmias; e) the prophylaxis of migraine; f) the management of essential tremor; g) relief of situational anxiety and generalised anxiety symptoms, particularly those of somatic type; h) prophylaxis of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with portal hypertension and oesophageal varices; i) the adjunctive management of thyrotoxicosis and thyrotoxic crisis; j) management of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy; k) management of phaeochromocytoma peri-operatively (with an alpha- blocker). 4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION POSOLOGY ADULTS HYPERTENSION A starting dose of 80 mg twice a day may be increased at weekly intervals according to response. The usual dose range is 160 to 320 mg per day. With concurrent diuretic or other antihypertensive drugs a further reduction of blood pressure is obtained. ANGINA, MIGRAINE AND ESSENTIAL TREMOR A starting dose of 40 mg two or three times daily may be increased by the same amount at weekly intervals according to patient response. An adequate response in migraine and essential tremor is usually seen in the range 80 to 160 mg/day and in angina in the range 120 to 240 mg/day. SITUATIONAL AND GENERALISED ANXIETY A dose of 40 mg daily may prov Pročitajte cijeli dokument