Ülke: Avustralya
Dil: İngilizce
Kaynak: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)
Quinapril hydrochloride
Actavis Pty Ltd
Medicine Registered
QUINAPRIL-GA _quinapril (as hydrochloride) _ CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET This leaflet answers some common questions about Quinapril-GA. It does not contain all the available information. It does not take the place of talking to your doctor or pharmacist. All medicines have risks and benefits. Your doctor has weighed the risks of you taking Quinapril-GA against the benefits they expect it will have for you. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT TAKING THIS MEDICINE, ASK YOUR DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST. Keep this leaflet with your Quinapril- GA. You may need to read it again. WHAT QUINAPRIL-GA IS USED FOR Quinapril-GA tablets are used to lower high blood pressure (hypertension). It is also used to treat heart failure. _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. If high blood pressure is not treated it can lead to serious health problems, including stroke, heart disease and kidney failure. _HEART FAILURE_ Heart failure means that the heart muscle is weak and cannot pump blood strongly enough to supply all the blood needed throughout the body. Heart failure is not the same as heart attack and does not mean that the heart stops. Heart failure may start off with no symptoms, but as the condition progresses, patients may feel sho Belgenin tamamını okuyun
QUINAPRIL-GA TABLETS Product information Quinapril-GA PI V2 120720 Page 1 of 17 NAME OF THE MEDICINE Quinapril hydrochloride Quinapril tablets contain the hydrochloride salt of quinapril the ethyl ester of a nonsulfhydryl, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, quinaprilat. Quinapril hydrochloride (CAS no. 82586-55-8) is chemically described as 3-Isoquinolinecarboxylic acid, 2-[2-[[1-(ethoxycarbonyl)-3-phenylpropyl]amino]-1-oxopropyl]-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro- monohydrochloride, [3S-[2[R*(R*)],3R*]] or (S)-2-[(S)-N- [(S)-1-Carboxy-3-phenylpropyl] alanyl]- 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-3-isoquinolinecarboxylic acid, 1-ethyl ester, monohydrochloride. It is chemically and pharmacologically related to enalapril. Its empirical formula is C 25 H 30 N 2 O 5 •HCl Molecular weight: 475.0 CAS no. 82586-55-8 DESCRIPTION Quinapril hydrochloride is a white to off-white amorphous powder that is freely soluble in aqueous solvents. The drug molecule contains three chiral centres but is present as the pure S-S-S- stereoisomer. Quinapril-GA tablets also contain heavy magnesium carbonate, calcium sulfate dihydrate, colloidal anhydrous silica, crospovidone, povidone, magnesium stearate, polyvinyl alcohol, titanium dioxide, talc, lecithin, iron oxide yellow, and xanthan gum. PHARMACOLOGY CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY: PHARMACODYNAMICS: Quinapril is deesterified to the principal metabolite, quinaprilat, which is an inhibitor of ACE activity in human subjects and animals. ACE is a peptidyl dipeptidase that catalyzes the conversion of angiotensin I to the vasoconstrictor, angiotensin II. The effect of quinapril in hypertension appears to result primarily from Belgenin tamamını okuyun