The medicine Exforge. Instructions for use

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 (their coating - film shell). Active active substances of this agent are amlodipine besylate and valsartan. Additional components - microcrystalline cellulose, crospovidone, magnesium stearate, colloidal silicon dioxide, hypromellose, titanium dioxide, yellow iron oxide and macrogol 4000.

After acceptance by the patient of the medicament in question, there is a decrease in blood pressure indicators in the standing or lying position.

Pharmaceutical preparation "Exforge" instructions for use prescribe 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 blood pressure is not regulated separately by amlodipine or valsartan is given the drug in question. 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 for hypersensitivity 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 may 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.

On the background of taking Exforge medication (instructions for use contain this information), the following side effects may develop: nasopharyngitis, visual impairment, excessive agitation, headaches, dizziness, sleep disturbances, paresthesia, tinnitus, palpitations, fainting, coughing, Pain in the larynx and throat, skin rashes, erythema, urticaria, exanthema, back pain, cramps, swelling of the joints, face and legs, as well as fatigue, asthenia and hot flashes.

The "Exforge" preparation (the instruction for use emphasizes this on special attention) can lead to the development of other undesirable consequences not described above.

If hypotension occurs when a medication is used, the patient should be given a horizontal position and enter the infusion of physiological solution into the vein (if necessary). Therapy should continue until the normalization of blood pressure.

The pharmaceutical product "Exforge", which is confirmed by its high effectiveness, should not be taken simultaneously with additives containing potassium, as well as with salt substitutes, which also contain potassium. This will help to avoid undesirable increase in the level of this substance in the body.

Since no studies have been conducted on the use of this medication in children under the age of eighteen, it should not be used for this category of patients.

At a deliberate or accidental excess of the recommended 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.