Carvedilol 12.5mg
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5 mg
Tablets
Read this leaflet carefully before administering this medication.
It contains important information about your treatment. If you have any questions or not
If you are sure about something, ask your doctor or pharmacist. Keep this leaflet.
You may need to read it again. Check that this medication is correct.
exactly as indicated by your doctor.
Composition:
Each tablet contains: Carvedilol 12.5 mg
Excipients: Lactose monohydrate, corn starch, sodium croscarmellose, stearate of
magnesium, microcrystalline cellulose.
Instructions:
Treatment of essential hypertension. Treatment of congestive heart failure
symptomatic. Treatment of stable angina.
Classification:
Antihypertensive. Antianginal.
Warnings:
Use this medication only as directed and under medical supervision. Patients who
will be surgically intervened and require general anesthesia, must
inform the doctor that they are undergoing treatment with carvedilol. In patients with diabetes
mellitus can mask the characteristic symptoms of a hypoglycemia episode
sharp as the increase in heart rate Likewise, it can mask the
increased heart rate due to excessive activity of the thyroid gland.
Contraindications:
It is contraindicated in patients who have had allergic reactions to Carvedilol, or
with respiratory problems such as chronic asthma, obstructive bronchitis; people with
severe cardiac disorders, patients with severely reduced heart rate
cardiac and patients with severe liver disease.
Interactions:
Inform your doctor of all the medications you are using, including those that
you have acquired without a prescription. Interactions with the following products have been described:
Inhalation anesthetics: Ether, Cyclopropane, Chloroform,
Metoxiflurane and Trichloroethylene. With other antihypertensives. Also Digoxin and Digitoxin.
oral antidiabetics and insulin. Rifampicin and Cimetidine can alter the intensity
of its effect and a change in the doses may be necessary.
Adverse effects:
If you experience any of the following adverse reactions while in
treatment with this product, consult your doctor: Cardiovascular disorders:
decrease in heart rate, fainting, chest pain, loss of balance
especially after the first dose, in the elderly). Asthma or respiratory difficulty.
Exceptionally, mental depression, impotence, jaundice (yellow eyes, dark urine),
cooling of extremities, swelling and eruptions or red spots on the skin. The use of
this medication may produce other effects that usually do not require
medical attention, unless they persist or become bothersome: tingling, headache
and fatigue (more frequent at the beginning of treatment). Fatigue has also been observed
gastrointestinal disturbances: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation.
Precautions:
Patients with bronchial asthma, heart or circulatory diseases may present
complications of their illness. In geriatric patients, dizziness or can be provoked.
fainting when standing up.
Do not discontinue the treatment without first consulting your doctor.
Pregnancy: the doctor must assess the risks and benefits for the mother and the fetus.
Breastfeeding: its safety has not been established, so the doctor must evaluate it.
the convenience of its use or the cessation of breastfeeding.
Dose:
The doctor should indicate the most appropriate dosage for your particular case; however,
The usual doses are: 6.25 mg twice a day or 12.5 mg once or twice a day. If not
There is an appropriate response; the dose may be increased up to 25 mg twice a day.
Instructions for use:
Take the pills with food, always at the same time.
Overdose:
Symptoms: dizziness or fainting may occur, slowing of the heartbeat
and cardiac arrest. Respiratory problems, asthma, vomiting could also occur,
loss of consciousness and generalized attack (seizures).
Treatment: The patient should be placed in a lying position to improve the flow of
blood to the brain and quickly transfer it to a medical center for treatment of
the symptoms.
Storage conditions:
Keep this product out of the reach of children, in its original packaging, no more than
30°C, protected from heat, light, and humidity. Do not use this product after the date
by the expiration date indicated on the package.
Do not repeat the treatment without medical indication.
Do not recommend this medication to another person.