
Perindopril tert-butylamine 5 mg/ Indapamide 1.25 mg Tablets
What is Perindopril tert-butylamine/ Indapamide and what is used for:
- This product consists of two active ingredients; perindopril tert-butylamine and indapamide.
- Perindopril tert-butylamine is a medicine that belongs to a class of medications known as “angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor”.
- it acts by widening the blood vessels making it easier for your heart to pump blood through them.
- Indapamide belongs to a class of medicines known as “diuretics”.
- Diuretics act by increasing the urinary output that your kidneys produce.
- Indapamide is different compared to other diuretics because it does not cause excessive urination.
- This combination of active ingredients is used to help reduce and control your blood pressure if you have hypertension (high blood pressure).
Do not take Perindopril tert-butylamine/ Indapamide:
- If you have an allergy to perindopril, or any other ACE inhibitor, or indapamide or any other sulfonamides or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.
- If you have previously experienced angioedema to perindopril or another ACE inhibitor. Angioedema is a condition that is manifested by signs and symptoms like swelling of the face, throat or tongue, wheezing, intense itching or severe skin rashes.
- If a family member has previously experienced angioedema to perindopril or another ACE inhibitor.
- If you are more than 3 months pregnant.
- If you have diabetes mellitus or kidney problems and you are taking aliskiren (medicine used to treat high blood pressure).
- If you have liver disease or have previously experienced hepatic encephalopathy (brain disorder caused by severe liver damage).
- If you are taking sacubitril/valsartan (used to treat heart failure).
- If you are breastfeeding.
- If you have renal artery stenosis (artery supplying blood to the kidney becomes narrow).
- If you are using dialysis or another type of blood filtration. This medicine may not be used depending on the type of filtration used.
- If you are suspected to have untreated heart failure (heart muscle is not able to pump blood properly to the body).
Warnings & Precautions:
- Stop the medication right away and talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you develop allergic reactions such as shortness of breath, skin rash, swelling of the face or neck, decreased blood pressure and dizziness.
- Talk to your doctor if you have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (heart muscle problem), aortic stenosis (main blood vessel that leads to the heart becomes narrowed) or renal artery stenosis (artery supplying blood to the kidney becomes narrow).
- Talk to your doctor if you are suspected to have heart failure or other heart problems.
- Talk to your doctor before starting this medicine if you have liver or kidney problems or if you are undergoing dialysis.
- Talk to your doctor before starting this medicine if you have diabetes.
- Talk to your doctor before starting this medicine if you have collagen vascular disease (disorder of the connective tissue) like scleroderma or systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Talk to your doctor before starting this medicine if you are following a salt restricted diet or are using salt substitutes that have potassium.
- Talk to your doctor before starting this medicine if you are to have LDL apheresis (cholesterol removal from your blood using a machine)
- Talk to your doctor before starting this medicine if you are due to have a surgery and/or anesthesia.
- Talk to your doctor before starting this medicine if you are going to undergo a desensitization therapy to decrease the effects of wasp stings or a bee allergy.
- Talk to your doctor before starting this medicine if you are intolerant to some sugars.
- Talk to your doctor before starting this medicine if you have recently suffered from vomiting, diarrhea or are dehydrated.
- Talk to your doctor before starting this medicine if you are pregnant or plan on getting pregnant.
- Talk to your doctor before starting this medicine if you have atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries).
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