The drug "Exforge" instructions for use refers to the clinical and pharmacological group of antihypertensive medications.
The drug is available in the form of tablets (theircoating - film shell). Active active substances of this agent are amlodipine besylate and valsartan. Additional components are microcrystalline cellulose, crospovidone, magnesium stearate, colloidal silicon dioxide, hypromellose, titanium dioxide, yellow iron oxide and macrogol 4000.
After acceptance by the patient of the medicine in question, there is a decrease in blood pressure in the standing or lying position.
Pharmaceutical preparation "Exforge" instructions foruse prescribes to use in essential hypertension in patients whose blood pressure level is not regulated by monotherapy. It is noted that patients with impaired liver and / or kidney function should take this medication with special care, however, the dosage of correction is not exposed.
The medicine Exforge. Instructions for use
Patients whose pressure is not regulated separatelyamlodipine or valsartan, the drug in question is administered. It is recommended to take it once a day, if necessary, you can drink it with boiled water.
In elderly patients, dose adjustment is not required.
This drug is contraindicated whenincreased sensitivity to its active or additional components. The drug is not prescribed during the period of gestation and lactation (if necessary, the lactation is suspended), since the action of its active components can cause developmental and even fetal death. In addition, the development of malnutrition and malfunction of kidneys in newborns has been documented. Women planning to conceive a child, the drug is also contraindicated.
Against the background of taking the medicine Exforge (instructionthe use of this information), the following side effects may develop: nasopharyngitis, visual impairment, excessive agitation, headaches, dizziness, sleep disturbances, paresthesia, tinnitus, heart palpitations, fainting, cough, larynx and throat pains, skin rashes, erythema, urticaria, exanthema, back pain, cramps, swelling of the joints, face and legs, as well as rapid fatigue, asthenia and hot flashes.
The "Exforge" preparation (the instructions for use emphasizes this on special attention) can lead to the development of other undesirable consequences not described above.
If a medicine has occurredhypotension, the patient should be given a horizontal position and enter into the vein (if necessary) infusion saline. Therapy should continue until the normalization of blood pressure.
Pharmaceutical product "Exforge", reviews aboutwhich is confirmed by its high efficiency, should not be taken simultaneously with additives containing potassium, as well as with salt substitutes, which also contain potassium. This will help to avoid an undesirable increase in the level of this substance in the body.
Since studies on the use of this medication in children under the age of eighteen years have not been conducted, it should not be used for this category of patients.
At deliberate or accidental excessrecommended volume of the drug observed dizziness, arterial hypotension, reflex tachycardia. In this situation, it is required to maintain the state of the cardiovascular system, to control the heart rate, the function of respiration and the frequency of urination.
