LERCANIDIPINE SANDOZ Lercanidipine hydrochloride Consumer Medicine Information

What is in this leaflet and reducing resistance to the flow of · any drugs closely related to blood through the blood vessels. lercanidipine (such as This leaflet answers some of the Everyone has blood pressure. This amlodipine, felodipine or common questions about pressure helps get your blood all nifedipine) Lercanidipine Sandoz. It does not around your body. Your blood Do not take Lercanidipine Sandoz contain all the available information. pressure may be different at different if you: It does not replace seeking advice times of the day, depending on how · have severe liver or kidney from your doctor or pharmacist. busy or worried you are. You have disease hypertension (high blood pressure) Please read this leaflet before you · are also taking another start taking Lercanidipine Sandoz. when your blood pressure stays higher than is needed, even when you medicine called ciclosporin If you are helping someone else take are calm and relaxed. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you Lercanidipine Sandoz, please read are not sure. this leaflet before you give the first There are usually no symptoms of dose. hypertension. The only way of Do not take Lercanidipine Sandoz knowing that you have hypertension if you are pregnant or intend to All medicines have risks and is to have your blood pressure become pregnant. benefits. Your doctor has weighed checked on a regular basis. If high Like most calcium channel blockers, the risks of you taking Lercanidipine blood pressure is not treated it can Lercanidipine Sandoz is not Sandoz against the benefits this lead to serious health problems. You recommended for use during medicine is expected to have for you. may feel fine and have no symptoms, pregnancy. If you have any concerns about but eventually hypertension can Tell your doctor immediately if taking this medicine, ask your cause stroke, heart disease and you become pregnant while you doctor or pharmacist. kidney failure. Lercanidipine Sandoz are taking Lercanidipine Sandoz. Keep this leaflet with the medicine. helps lower your blood pressure. Do not take Lercanidipine Sandoz Lercanidipine Sandoz cannot be You may need to read it again. if you are breast-feeding or plan to obtained without a doctor©s breast-feed. prescription. Like most calcium channel blockers There is no evidence that Lercanidipine Sandoz is not Lercanidipine Sandoz is addictive. What Lercanidipine recommended while you are breast- Sandoz is used for feeding. The name of your medicine is Do not take Lercanidipine Sandoz Lercanidipine Sandoz, which is also Before you take if the packaging is torn or shows known as lercanidipine. Lercanidipine Sandoz signs of tampering. Lercanidipine Sandoz belongs to a Do not take Lercanidipine Sandoz if group of medicines called calcium When you must not take it the tablets show visible sign of channel blockers (of the deterioration (for example, are dihydropyridine group). Do not take Lercanidipine Sandoz broken or discoloured). if you have an allergy to: Lercanidipine Sandoz lowers high Do not take Lercanidipine Sandoz blood pressure, which doctors call · lercanidipine or any of the if the expiry date (EXP) printed on hypertension. It works by relaxing ingredients listed at the end of the pack has passed. some of the blood vessels in the body this leaflet

LERCANIDIPINE SANDOZ® 1 If you take this medicine after the · ritonavir, ciclosporin, before meals. This will also help you expiry date has passed, it may not ketoconazole, itraconazole, remember when to take the tablets. work (as well). erythromycin, fluoxetine, If you are not sure whether you cimetidine (more than 800 mg How long to take it daily). should start taking Lercanidipine Lercanidipine Sandoz helps control Sandoz, talk to your doctor. You may need different amounts of your condition, but does not cure it. Do not give Lercanidipine Sandoz your medicine, or you may need to Therefore you must take to a child under the age of 18 take different medicines. Your doctor Lercanidipine Sandoz every day. years. or pharmacist can tell you what to do Continue taking the tablets for as if you are taking any of these long as your doctor tells you to. Lercanidipine Sandoz is not medicines. recommended for use in children. Also ask your doctor or If you forget to take it Before you start to take it pharmacist what to do if you are If you forget to take a dose but taking, or are about to take the remember within 12 hours from You must tell your doctor: following medicines: phenytoin, when the dose was due, take it 1. if you are allergic to any other carbamazepine, rifampicin, straight away, then continue as medicine or any foods, dyes or amiodarone, quinidine, digoxin, normal the next day. Otherwise preservatives. simvastatin, metoprolol or skip that day's dose but be sure to 2. if you are taking other drugs propranolol. take the next day's dose when it is for high blood pressure, such as If you have not told your doctor due. beta-blockers, diuretics, ACE- about any of the medicines listed If you are not sure about what to do, inhibitors or angiotensin II above, tell them before you start talk to your doctor or pharmacist. receptor antagonists. taking Lercanidipine Sandoz. Do not take a double dose to make 3. if you have or have ever had up for the dose that you missed. any other health problems/ If you have trouble remembering to medical conditions, including: How to take take your tablets, ask your · liver or kidney disease or are on pharmacist for some hints. dialysis Lercanidipine Sandoz If you have missed several doses, · certain other heart conditions How much to take consult your doctor. such as: uncontrolled heart failure, an obstruction to flow Follow all directions given to you If you take too much of blood from the heart, by your doctor carefully. (overdose) unstable angina (chest pain or These directions may differ from the Immediately telephone your doctor tightness at rest or information contained in this leaflet. progressively increasing) or or Poisons Information Centre The usual dose is one 10 mg tablet you have had a heart attack one (telephone 13 11 26 or New taken once daily, but may be month ago or less and/or if you Zealand 0800 764766), or go to increased to 20 mg once daily. require a pacemaker Accident & Emergency at your If you do not understand the nearest hospital, if you think that If you have not told your doctor instructions on the box, ask your you or anyone else may have taken about any of the above or if you doctor or pharmacist for help. too much Lercanidipine Sandoz. are not sure, tell them before you Do this even if there are no signs of take Lercanidipine Sandoz. How to take it discomfort or poisoning. You may need urgent medical attention. Taking other medicines Swallow Lercanidipine Sandoz Keep telephone numbers of these whole with a glass of water. Tell your doctor if you are taking places/services handy. any other medicines, including When to take it If you take too much Lercanidipine medicines that you buy without a Sandoz it may cause your blood prescription from your pharmacy, Take Lercanidipine Sandoz at pressure to become too low and you supermarket or health food shop. about the same time each day, at may feel your heart beats become Some medicines may interfere with least 15 minutes before a meal. irregular and faster. It may also lead the way Lercanidipine Sandoz Lercanidipine Sandoz will have the to unconsciousness. works, or may be affected by best effect if it is taken at the same Lercanidipine Sandoz. These time each day at least 15 minutes include:

LERCANIDIPINE SANDOZ® 2 While you are using control your blood pressure, such as nearest hospital if you notice any of Lercanidipine Sandoz Lercanidipine Sandoz, as alcohol the following: may increase these effects. · angina (chest pain or tightness) Things you must do If you feel light-headed, dizzy or · increased heart beat faint when getting out of bed or · signs of allergy such as rash, Use Lercanidipine Sandoz exactly standing up, get up slowly. as your doctor has prescribed. itching or hives on the skin As with some medicines used to These side effects are usually rare but If you do not follow your doctor©s treat high blood pressure such as may be serious and need urgent instructions correctly, your blood Lercanidipine Sandoz, you should medical attention. pressure may not be controlled. avoid drinking grapefruit juice as Be sure to keep all of your doctor's grapefruit juice may increase the Do not be alarmed by this list of appointments so that your progress effects of these medicines. possible side effects. You may not can be checked. experience any of them. If you become pregnant while you are taking Lercanidipine Sandoz, tell your doctor. Side Effects After using If you are about to start taking any Tell your doctor or pharmacist as Lercanidipine Sandoz new medicine, tell your doctor and soon as possible if you do not feel pharmacist that you are taking well while you are taking Storage Lercanidipine Sandoz. Lercanidipine Sandoz. Keep your tablets in the blister Tell all other doctors, dentists and Lercanidipine Sandoz helps most pack until it is time to take them. pharmacists who are treating you people with high blood pressure, but that you are taking Lercanidipine it may have unwanted side effects in If you take the tablets out of the Sandoz. a few people. All medicines can have blister pack they may not keep well. If you have an operation, tell the side effects. Sometimes they are Keep it in a cool dry place away anaesthetist that you are taking serious, most of the time they are not. from sunlight where the this medicine. You may need medical treatment if temperature stays below 30°C. Do you get some of the side effects. not store it or any other medicine Things you must not do Possible side effects include: in the bathroom or near a sink. Do not give Lercanidipine Sandoz · flushing Do not leave it in the car or on to anyone else, even if they have window sills. · swelling of the ankles, feet or the same condition as you. lower legs Heat and dampness can destroy some Do not use Lercanidipine Sandoz medicines. · palpitations to treat any other complaints Keep it where children cannot · headache unless your doctor tells you to. reach it. · dizziness A locked cupboard at least one-and- Things to be careful of · gastrointestinal disturbances a-half metres above the ground is a Be careful driving or operating such as heartburn, nausea, good place to store medicines. machinery until you know how epigastric pain or diarrhoea Lercanidipine Sandoz affects you. · fatigue or sleepiness Disposal Lercanidipine Sandoz generally does These effects when they occur are If your doctor tells you to stop not cause any problems with your usually mild. However, should you taking the tablets or the tablets ability to drive a car or operate experience any of these or other have passed their expiry date, ask machinery. However, as with other undesirable effects not mentioned your pharmacist what to do with medicines used to treat high blood above, you should consult your any tablets that are left over. pressure, a few people may feel doctor or pharmacist. dizzy, light-headed or faint, Ask your doctor or pharmacist to especially when first taking answer any questions you may Lercanidipine Sandoz or when have. starting to take a different amount of medicine. Your doctor may also ask Tell your doctor immediately or go you to limit or stop your alcohol to Accident & Emergency at your intake while taking medicines to

LERCANIDIPINE SANDOZ® 3 Product description This leaflet was prepared on 20 March 2018 What it looks like Lercanidipine Sandoz is available in 10mg or 20mg tablets. The 10mg film-coated tablets are yellow and round with a score line across the middle. The 20mg film-coated tablets are round and pink. Lercanidipine Sandoz comes in packs of 28 tablets.

Ingredients Active Ingredient Lercanidipine hydrochloride 10 mg or 20 mg per tablet. Excipient Ingredients Lactose monohydrate, microcrystalline cellulose, sodium starch glycollate, povidone, magnesium stearate, hypromellose, purified talc, titanium dioxide, macrogol 6000, Opadry OY-SR-6497 (yellow-10mg), Opadry 02-F2-5077 (red-20mg). Lercanidipine Sandoz does not contain gluten, sucrose, tartrazine or any other azo dyes.

Sponsor

Lercanidipine Sandoz 10 mg and 20 mg are supplied in Australia by:

Mylan Health Pty Ltd Level 1, 30 The Bond 30-34 Hickson Road Millers Point, NSW 2000 Australia www.mylan.com.au Phone: 1800 314 527

Australian registration numbers: 10mg - AUST R 165913 20mg - AUST R 165914

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