Inderal 10mg tablets

Land: Bretland

Tungumál: enska

Heimild: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Virkt innihaldsefni:

Propranolol hydrochloride

Fáanlegur frá:

AstraZeneca UK Ltd

ATC númer:

C07AA05

INN (Alþjóðlegt nafn):

Propranolol hydrochloride

Skammtar:

10mg

Lyfjaform:

Oral tablet

Stjórnsýsluleið:

Oral

Tegund:

No Controlled Drug Status

Gerð lyfseðils:

Valid as a prescribable product

Vörulýsing:

BNF: 02040000

Upplýsingar fylgiseðill

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

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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Inderal 10 mg film-coated tablets.
2
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each tablet contains 10 mg propranolol hydrochloride.
Excipient(s) with known effect:
Lactose – 79 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 “10”
on one face
and bisected on the reverse face. Diameter of each film-coated tablet
is
approximately 6.5 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 provi