Candesartan 2mg tablets

Country: Bretland

Tungumál: enska

Heimild: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Virkt innihaldsefni:

Candesartan cilexetil

Fáanlegur frá:

Milpharm Ltd

ATC númer:

C09CA06

INN (Alþjóðlegt nafn):

Candesartan cilexetil

Skammtar:

2mg

Lyfjaform:

Oral tablet

Stjórnsýsluleið:

Oral

Tegund:

No Controlled Drug Status

Gerð lyfseðils:

Valid as a prescribable product

Vörulýsing:

BNF: 02050502; GTIN: 8901175018529

Upplýsingar fylgiseðill

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candesartan cilexetil
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS
MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
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Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
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If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or
pharmacist.
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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.
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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 Candesartan cilexetil is and what it is used for
2.
What you need to know before you take Candesartan cilexetil
3.
How to take Candesartan cilexetil
4.
Possible side effects
5.
How to store Candesartan cilexetil
6.
Contents of the pack and other information
The name of your medicine is Candesartan cilexetil. The active
ingredient is candesartan cilexetil. This belongs to a group of
medicines called angiotensin II receptor antagonists. It works by
making your blood vessels relax and widen. This helps to lower
your blood pressure. It also makes it easier for your heart to pump
blood to all parts of your body.
This medicine is used for:
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treating high blood pressure (hypertension) in adult patients
and in children and adolescents aged 6 to <18 years.
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Candesartan cilexetil can be used to treat adult heart failure
patients with reduced heart muscle function when Angiotensin
Converting Enzyme (ACE) inhibitors cannot be used or in
addition to ACE-inhibitors when symptoms persist despite
treatment and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRA)
cannot be used. (ACE-inhibitors and MRAs are medicines used
to treat heart failure).
DO NOT TAKE CANDESARTAN CILEXETIL:
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if you are allergic to candesartan cilexetil o

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CANDESARTAN CILEXETIL 2MG TABLETS
Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 06-Apr-2017 | Aurobindo
Pharma - Milpharm Ltd.
1. Name of the medicinal product
Candesartan Cilexetil 2 mg tablets
2. Qualitative and quantitative composition
Each tablet contains 2 mg candesartan cilexetil.
Excipient with known effect: Lactose monohydrate.
Each tablet contains 140 mg lactose monohydrate.
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3. Pharmaceutical form
Tablet
White to off-white, biconvex, uncoated, round shaped [diameter 7.3 mm]
tablets debossed with "J10" on
one side and plain on other side.
4. Clinical particulars
4.1 Therapeutic indications
Candesartan Cilexetil is indicated for the:
• Treatment of essential hypertension in adults.
• Treatment of hypertension in children and adolescents aged 6 to
<18 years.
• The treatment of adult patients with heart failure and impaired
left ventricular systolic function (left
ventricular ejection fraction ≤ 40%) when ACE-inhibitors are not
tolerated or as add-on therapy to ACE-
inhibitors in patients with symptomatic heart failure, despite optimal
therapy, when mineralocorticoid
receptor antagonists are not tolerated (see Sections 4.2, 4.4, 4.5 and
5.1).
4.2 Posology and method of administration
Posology in Hypertension
The recommended initial dose and usual maintenance dose of Candesartan
Cilexetil is 8 mg once daily.
Most of the antihypertensive effect is attained within 4 weeks. In
some patients whose blood pressure is
not adequately controlled, the dose can be increased to 16 mg once
daily and to a maximum of 32 mg
once daily. Therapy should be adjusted according to blood pressure
response.
Candesartan Cilexetil may also be administered with other
antihypertensive agents. Addition of
hydrochlorothiazide has been shown to have an additive
antihypertensive effect with various doses of
Candesartan Cilexetil.
_Elderly population_
No initial dose adjustment is necessary in elderly patients.
_Patients with intravascular volume depletion_
An initial dose of 4