SIGMA IRBESARTAN

Country: Ավստրալիա

language: անգլերեն

source: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

active_ingredient:

Irbesartan

MAH:

Aspen Pharma Pty Ltd

class:

Medicine Registered

PIL

SIGMA IRBESARTAN/072011/CMI-2 
1 
Sigma Irbesartan

contains the active ingredient irbesartan 

CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION 

What is in this leaflet 

This leaflet answers some common 
questions about SIGMA 
IRBESARTAN. 

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 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 
is used for 

SIGMA IRBESARTAN lowers high 
blood pressure, also called 
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) which means 
your blood pressure stays high, 
even when you are calm and 
relaxed. 

There are usually no symptoms of 
high blood pressure.  The only way 
of knowing that you have 
hypertension is to have your blood 
pressure checked on a regular 
basis.  High blood pressure, if not 
treated, 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, strokes, or 
blindness.  There are usually no 
symptoms of high blood pressure 
before damage occurs, so your 
doctor needs to 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.  Your 
doctor may also have recommended 
that you adjust your lifestyle to help 
to lower your high blood pressure 
(losing weig