Țară: Regatul Unit
Limbă: engleză
Sursă: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)
Nifedipine
Necessity Supplies Ltd
C08CA05
Nifedipine
20mg
Modified-release tablet
Oral
No Controlled Drug Status
Caution - AMP level prescribing advised
BNF: 02060200
ADALAT ® LA 20MG TABLETS (nifedipine) This medicine will be referred to as Adalat LA in this leaflet. PATIENT INFORMATION LEAFLET WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET 1) What Adalat LA is and what it is used for 2) What you need to know before you take Adalat LA 3) How to take Adalat LA 4) Possible side effects 5) How to store Adalat LA 6) Contents of the pack and other information 1) WHAT ADALAT LA IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR Adalat LA contains nifedipine, which belongs to a group of medicines called _calcium antagonists. _ ADALAT LA IS USED TO TREAT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE OR ANGINA _(chest pain)_. For high blood pressure: Adalat LA works by relaxing and expanding the blood vessels. This makes the blood flow more easily and lowers blood pressure. Lower blood pressure reduces the strain on your heart. For angina: Adalat LA works by relaxing and expanding the arteries supplying the heart. This allows more blood and oxygen to reach the heart and decreases the strain on it. Your angina attacks will be less severe and less frequent if there is less strain on the heart. 2) WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TAKE ADALAT LA DO NOT TAKE ADALAT LA: • IF YOU HAVE HAD A HEART ATTACK within the last month. • IF YOU GET A SUDDEN ANGINA ATTACK. Adalat LA will not help relieve symptoms of angina quickly. • IF YOU HAVE UNSTABLE ANGINA. • IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC to nifedipine, any other similar medicines (known as _dihydropyridines) _or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6). • IF YOU ARE TAKING RIFAMPICIN, an antibiotic. • IF YOU HAVE A LIVER DISEASE that prevents your liver from working properly. • IF YOU HAVE INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWEL OR INTESTINES, such as Crohn’s disease. • IF YOU HAVE AN OBSTRUCTION OR NARROWING IN YOUR INTESTINES, or have had this in the past. • IF YOU HAVE EVER HAD AN OBSTRUCTION IN THE GULLET (the _oesophagus – _ the tube connecting the throat to the stomach). • IF YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT YOU HAVE A NARROWING OF THE AORTIC HEART VALVE _(stenosis). _ • IF YOU HAVE EVER HAD Citiți documentul complet