Furosemide Pinewood 20 mg Tablets

Country: Malta

Bahasa: Inggeris

Sumber: Medicines Authority

Boleh didapati daripada:

Pinewood Laboratories Limited Ballymacarbry, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

Kod ATC:

C03CA01

INN (Nama Antarabangsa):

FUROSEMIDE 20 mg

Borang farmaseutikal:

TABLET

Komposisi:

FUROSEMIDE 20 mg

Jenis preskripsi:

POM

Kawasan terapeutik:

DIURETICS

Status kebenaran:

Withdrawn

Tarikh kebenaran:

2023-08-14

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PACKAGE LEAFLET
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER
FUROSEMIDE PINEWOOD
20 MG TABLETS
furosemide
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START USING 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. Do not pass it on to
others. It may harm them, even if
their symptoms are the same as yours
•
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse.
This includes any possible
side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4.
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET:
1. What Furosemide Pinewood 20 mg Tablets are and what they are used
for
2. What you need to know before you take Furosemide Pinewood 20 mg
Tablets
3. How to take Furosemide Pinewood 20 mg Tablets
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Furosemide Pinewood 20 mg Tablets
6. Contents of the pack and other information
1.
WHAT FUROSEMIDE PINEWOOD 20 MG TABLETS ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE USED FOR
WHAT FUROSEMIDE PINEWOOD 20 MG TABLETS ARE
The name of your medicine is Furosemide Pinewood 20mg Tablets (called
Furosemide Pinewood
20mg Tablets throughout this leaflet). Furosemide Pinewood 20mg
Tablets contain a medicine called
furosemide. Furosemide Pinewood 20mg Tablets belong to a group of
medicines called diuretics
(water tablets).
WHAT
FUROSEMIDE PINEWOOD 20 MG TABLETS ARE USED FOR
Furosemide Pinewood 20 mg Tablets can be used to help you lose extra
water in your body very
quickly. It is given when you have a lot of extra water in your body.
Furosemide Pinewood 20 mg
Tablets are often used when you have too much water around your heart,
lungs, liver or kidneys.
HOW FUROSEMIDE PINEWOOD 20MG TABLETS WORKS
Furosemide Pinewood 20 mg Tablets work by helping you to pass more
water (urine) than you
usually do. If the extra water in your body is not removed, it can put
extra strain on the heart, blood
vessels, lungs, kidneys or liver.
2.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TA

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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Furosemide Pinewood 20 mg Tablets
2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Furosemide Pinewood 20 mg Tablets each contain 20 mg Furosemide.
Excipient with known effect
Each tablet contains 52.5 mg lactose monohydrate.
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Tablet.
White to off white, round tablets, (6.00mm±0.2mm) marked F 20 on one
side & plain on
other side.
4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
Furosemide Pinewood 20 mg Tablets is used for the management of fluid
retention and for
the management of mild to moderate hypertension, either alone or as an
adjunct.
4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
_General _
The dose used must be the lowest that is sufficient to achieve the
desired effect.
Furosemide Pinewood 20 mg Tablets has an exceptionally wide
therapeutic range, the effect
being proportional to the dosage. Furosemide Pinewood 20 mg Tablets is
best given as a
single dose either daily or on alternate days.
The usual initial daily dose is 40 mg. This may require adjustment
until the effective dose is
achieved as a maintenance dose. In mild cases, 20 mg daily or 40 mg on
alternate days may
be sufficient, whereas in cases of resistant oedema, daily doses of 80
mg and above may be
used as one or two doses daily, or intermittently. Severe cases may
require gradual titration of
the furosemide dosage up to 600 mg daily. The recommended maximum
daily dose of
furosemide administration is 1500 mg.
_ _
_Children _
Oral doses for children range from 1 to 3 mg/kg body weight daily up
to a maximum total
dose of 40 mg/day.
_ _
_Elderly _
The dosage recommendations for adults apply, but in the elderly
furosemide is eliminated
more slowly in general.
Dosage should be titrated until the required response is achieved.
4.3 CONTRAINDICATIONS
Patients with hypovolaemia or dehydration, anuria or renal failure
with anuria not responding
to furosemide, renal failure as a result of poisoning by nephrotoxic
or hepatot