Enalapril 20mg tablets

Страна: Велика Британія

мова: англійська

Джерело: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Активний інгредієнт:

Enalapril maleate

Доступна з:

IVAX Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd

Код атс:

C09AA02

ІПН (Міжнародна Ім'я):

Enalapril maleate

Дозування:

20mg

Фармацевтична форма:

Oral tablet

Адміністрація маршрут:

Oral

Клас:

No Controlled Drug Status

Тип рецепту:

Valid as a prescribable product

Огляд продуктів:

BNF: 02050501

інформаційний буклет

READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING 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 only. Do not pass it on to
others. It may
harm them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours

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 Enalapril is and what it is used for
2
What you need to know before you take Enalapril
3
How to take Enalapril
4
Possible side effects
5
How to store Enalapril
6
Contents of the pack and other information
The name of this medicine is Enalapril Maleate 10mg Tablets or
Enalapril Maleate 20mg
Tablets referred to as Enalapril throughout this leaflet.
Enalapril maleate belongs to a group of medicines called ACE
(angiotensin converting
enzyme) inhibitors which work by widening your blood vessels. This
makes it easier for your
heart to pump blood through them and helps to reduce high blood
pressure (hypertension). If
you have heart failure Enalapril will help your heart to work better.
Enalapril has been prescribed for you for one of the following:

High blood pressure

A heart condition sometimes referred to as “heart failure”. This
means that your heart is
not working as well as it used to, in order to pump blood around your
body, leading to
tiredness after light exercise, breathlessness and swelling of the
ankles and legs.

Enalapril may prevent your heart failure with symptoms, from getting
worse. Therefore,
it may be less likely that you go to hospital for treatment.

Enalapril may help prevent your heart from weakening further if you
have early stage
heart failure with no symptoms or have had a heart attack (that is, to
help prevent you
from developing heart failure).

Enalapril being taken if you have heart failure (with or

Характеристики продукта

SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Enalapril Maleate 20mg tablets
2
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each tablet contains 20 mg Enalapril maleate.
Excipient: each tablet contains 110.933 mg of lactose monohydrate.
For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Tablets
White to off-white round flat bevelled edged tablets marked with
“20” on one side
and break line on the other.
4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
•
Treatment of hypertension
•
Treatment of symptomatic heart failure
•
Prevention of symptomatic heart failure in patients with asymptomatic
left
ventricular dysfunction (ejection fraction
≤
35%)
(See section 5.1).
4.2
POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
Posology
Food does not interfere with the absorption of enalapril.
The dose should be individualized according to patient profile (see
section 4.4) and
blood pressure response.
Hypertension
The initial dose is 5 to maximally 20 mg, depending on the degree of
hypertension
and the condition of the patient (see below). Enalapril is given once
daily. In mild
hypertension, the recommended initial dose is 5 to 10 mg. Patients
with a strongly
activated renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (e.g., renovascular
hypertension, salt
and/or volume depletion, cardiac decompensation, or severe
hypertension) may
experience an excessive blood pressure fall following the initial
dose. A starting dose
of 5 mg or lower is recommended in such patients and the initiation of
treatment
should take place under medical supervision.
Prior treatment with high dose diuretics may result in volume
depletion and a risk of
hypotension when initiating therapy with enalapril. A starting dose of
5 mg or lower
is recommended in such patients. If possible, diuretic therapy should
be discontinued
for 2-3 days prior to initiation of therapy with Enalapril. Renal
function and serum
potassium should be monitored_._
The usual maintenance dose is 20 mg daily. The maximum maintenance
dose is 40
mg daily.
Heart