Country: Awstralja
Lingwa: Ingliż
Sors: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)
pindolol, Quantity: 5 mg
Alphapharm Pty Ltd
Tablet, uncoated
Excipient Ingredients: magnesium stearate; microcrystalline cellulose; pregelatinised maize starch; colloidal anhydrous silica
Oral
100 tablets, 90 tablets
Medicine Registered
(S4) Prescription Only Medicine
INDICATIONS AS AT 18 November 2004: Hypertension (either alone or in combination with other antihypertensive 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).
Visual Identification: 7 mm white flat bevelled edged tablet marked PL/5 on one side, G on reverse; Container Type: Bottle; Container Material: HDPE; Container Life Time: 2 Years; Container Temperature: Store below 30 degrees Celsius; Container Closure: Child resistant closure
Registered
1991-09-20
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 Aqra d-dokument sħiħ
AUSTRALIAN PRODUCT INFORMATION BARBLOC _Pindolol tablets _ 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINE Pindolol _ _ 2 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. _ _ 3 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. 4 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 2 _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 Aqra d-dokument sħiħ