Barbloc 15 tablet

Country: Australia

Bahasa: Inggeris

Sumber: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

Bahan aktif:

pindolol

Boleh didapati daripada:

Alphapharm Pty Ltd

Kelas:

Medicine Registered

Status kebenaran:

Registered

Risalah maklumat

BARBLOC
_pindolol_
CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET
This leaflet answers some common
questions about Barbloc.
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 Barbloc 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 BARBLOC IS USED
FOR
Barbloc is used to:
•
lower high blood pressure, also
called hypertension
•
prevent angina
•
treat irregular heart beat
(arrhythmia).
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)
when your blood pressure stays
higher than is needed, even when you
are calm and relaxed.
There are usually no symptoms of
hypertension. The only way of
knowing that you have hypertension
is to have your blood pressure
checked on a regular basis. You may
feel fine and have no symptoms, but
eventually hypertension can cause
stroke, heart disease and kidney
failure.
ANGINA
Angina is a pain or uncomfortable
feeling in the chest, often spreading
to the arms or neck and sometimes to
the shoulders and back. This may be
caused by too little blood and oxygen
getting to the heart. The pain of
angina is usually brought on by
exercise or stress but it can also
happen while you are resting.
Barbloc helps to prevent angina from
happening. It is not used to treat an
attack of angina once it starts.
IRREGULAR HEART BEAT
Irregular heartbeat, also known as
arrhythmia, means that there is a
disturbance of the normal rhythm or
beat of the heart. Arrhythmias may
be caused by a number of factors,
including some heart diseases, an
overactive thyroid gland, or chemical
imbalan

Ciri produk

AUSTRALIAN PRODUCT INFORMATION
BARBLOC
_Pindolol tablets _
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NAME OF THE MEDICINE
Pindolol
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QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each tablet 5 mg tablet contains 5 mg of pindolol as the active
ingredient.
Each tablet 15 mg tablet contains 15 mg of pindolol as the active
ingredient.
For the full list of excipients, see Section 6.1 LIST OF EXCIPIENTS.
_ _
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PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Barbloc 5:
white, flat bevel edged, marked PL/5 on one side, G on reverse.
Barbloc 15:
white, flat bevel edged, marked PL/15 on one side, G on reverse.
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CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS

Hypertension (either alone or in combination with other
anti-hypertensive drugs).

Angina pectoris (prevention of attacks).

Cardiac arrhythmias [sinus tachycardia, paroxysmal tachycardia,
supraventricular and ventricular
extrasystoles, drug induced extrasystoles (digitalis), atrial flutter
and fibrillation - to slow the
ventricular rate].

Functional hyperadrenergic cardiac disturbances (hyperkinetic heart
syndrome, neurocirculatory
asthenia).
_ _
4.2
DOSE AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
Dosage should be adapted to the requirements of the individual
patient. Barbloc is best administered
shortly before meals.
_HYPERTENSION: _
The usual dosage is 15 mg per day; most patients respond to 10 to 30
mg daily. Up to 15 mg may be
given as a single daily dose usually in the morning. Doses above 15mg
should be divided into 2 or 3
daily doses.
In mild and moderate hypertension, Barbloc alone may be sufficient. In
more severe or resistant cases,
addition of other antihypertensive drugs may be required.
_ANGINA PECTORIS: _
7.5 to 20 mg daily, generally divided into 3 single doses.
_CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS: _
15 to 30 mg daily, generally divided into 3 single doses.
Barbloc – PRODUCT INFORMATION
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_FUNCTIONAL HYPERADRENERGIC CARDIAC DISTURBANCES: _
10 to 20 mg daily.
Note: Hypertensive crises are unsuitable for treatment with
beta-blockers.
4.3
CONTRAINDICATIONS
1.
Bronchospasm.
Beta-adrenergic blockade of the smooth muscle of bronchi and
b