Karvezide

Land: Europeiska unionen

Språk: engelska

Källa: EMA (European Medicines Agency)

Aktiva substanser:

irbesartan, hydrochlorothiazide

Tillgänglig från:

Sanofi Winthrop Industrie

ATC-kod:

C09DA04

INN (International namn):

irbesartan, hydrochlorothiazide

Terapeutisk grupp:

Agents acting on the renin-angiotensin system

Terapiområde:

Hypertension

Terapeutiska indikationer:

Treatment of essential hypertension.This fixed-dose combination is indicated in adult patients whose blood pressure is not adequately controlled on irbesartan or hydrochlorothiazide alone.

Produktsammanfattning:

Revision: 47

Bemyndigande status:

Authorised

Tillstånd datum:

1998-10-16

Bipacksedel

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B. PACKAGE LEAFLET
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PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE PATIENT
KARVEZIDE 150 MG/12.5 MG TABLETS
irbesartan/hydrochlorothiazide
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS
MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
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Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
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If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
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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.
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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 Karvezide is and what it is used for
2.
What you need to know before you take Karvezide
3.
How to take Karvezide
4.
Possible side effects
5.
How to store Karvezide
6.
Contents of the pack and other information
1.
WHAT KARVEZIDE IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR
Karvezide is a combination of two active substances, irbesartan and
hydrochlorothiazide.
Irbesartan belongs to a group of medicines known as angiotensin-II
receptor antagonists. Angiotensin-
II is a substance produced in the body that binds to receptors in
blood vessels causing them to tighten.
This results in an increase in blood pressure. Irbesartan prevents the
binding of angiotensin-II to these
receptors, causing the blood vessels to relax and the blood pressure
to lower.
Hydrochlorothiazide is one of a group of medicines (called thiazide
diuretics) that causes increased
urine output and so causes a lowering of blood pressure.
The two active ingredients in Karvezide work together to lower blood
pressure further than if either
was given alone.
KARVEZIDE IS USED TO TREAT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
, when treatment with irbesartan or
hydrochlorothiazide alone did not provide adequate control of your
blood pressure.
2.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TAKE KARVEZIDE
DO NOT TAKE KARVEZIDE
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if you are
ALLERGIC
to irbesartan or any of the other ingredients of this

Produktens egenskaper

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ANNEX I
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
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1.
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Karvezide 150 mg/12.5 mg tablets.
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each tablet contains 150 mg of irbesartan and 12.5 mg of
hydrochlorothiazide.
Excipient with known effect:
Each tablet contains 26.65 mg of lactose (as lactose monohydrate).
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3.
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Tablet.
Peach, biconvex, oval-shaped, with a heart debossed on one side and
the number 2775 engraved on the
other side.
4.
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
Treatment of essential hypertension.
This fixed dose combination is indicated in adult patients whose blood
pressure is not adequately
controlled on irbesartan or hydrochlorothiazide alone (see section
5.1).
4.2
POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
Posology
Karvezide can be taken once daily, with or without food.
Dose titration with the individual components (i.e. irbesartan and
hydrochlorothiazide) may be
recommended.
When clinically appropriate direct change from monotherapy to the
fixed combinations may be
considered:
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Karvezide 150 mg/12.5 mg may be administered in patients whose blood
pressure is not
adequately controlled with hydrochlorothiazide or irbesartan 150 mg
alone.
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Karvezide 300 mg/12.5 mg may be administered in patients
insufficiently controlled by
irbesartan 300 mg or by Karvezide 150 mg/12.5 mg.
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Karvezide 300 mg/25 mg may be administered in patients insufficiently
controlled by
Karvezide 300 mg/12.5 mg.
Doses higher than 300 mg irbesartan/25 mg hydrochlorothiazide once
daily are not recommended.
When necessary, Karvezide may be administered with another
antihypertensive medicinal product (see
sections 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 5.1).
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Special Populations
_Renal impairment_
Due to the hydrochlorothiazide component, Karvezide is not recommended
for patients with severe
renal dysfunction (creatinine clearance < 30 ml/min). Loop diuretics
are preferred to thiazides in this
population. No dosage adjustment is necessary in patients