Cordipin XL tabs 40mg #20

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Cordipin XL user manual

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Composition, release

Cordipin XL is a tablet preparation with modifications covered with a film element. The composition includes the main active ingredient - nifedipine. It contains a number of auxiliary elements. Among them: MCC, cellulose, lactose.
Part of the shell is represented by: macrogol, talc, a specific dye.
The release of Cordipin XL is tableted. In blisters of 10 tablet elements.

Pharmacology and pharmacokinetics

The instructions for use determine the components of the medication. It is a blocker of calcium channel structures. Due to adequate therapy, a pronounced accumulation of ions is noted, dilates blood vessels, reduces OPSS.
Patients have a marked decrease in blood pressure. The action is noted within 20 minutes, the duration - up to a day.
The drug is rapidly absorbed in full and completely metabolized. The half-life is 14 hours, excreted in the urine. The action lasts a day, therefore, a single consumption every 24 hours is mainly practiced.

Appointment of Cordipin XL

The list of indications for treatment is small. The medication is prescribed for a number of diseases:
    angina pectoris;
    hypertensive crises;
    the need to relieve angina attacks;
    hypertensive illness.
An indication for treatment is sometimes Raynaud's disease and a number of neurological diseases.

Reception

The drug is prescribed for oral administration, after a meal. Cordipin XL is swallowed whole. The dosage is often individualized. Dose - 1 tablet, once a day.


About side effects and contraindications

Contraindication for the appointment of the therapeutic agent Cordipin XL to persons with individual intolerance to certain components. You should especially carefully familiarize yourself with the components of the medication.
When using Cordipin XL, hyperemia of the integument, sleep disturbances, impaired vision, hot flashes, heartburn, myalgia, gynecomastia, paresthesias, swelling, tremors, head pain may occur.
The instruction says that a side effect after therapy is a severe allergic reaction. Allergic rash occurs extremely rarely and only in patients with individual intolerance to the elements of the medication.
There are also prohibitions. Among them: hypotension, collaptoid episodes, myocardial insufficiency, cardiogenic shock, liver damage.
An important prohibition for the appointment is hypovolemia.
Caution is necessary for: obstruction of the gastrointestinal tract, serious violations of cerebral blood flow, heart attack, diabetes, hemodialysis.

Overdose

A significant excess of the dosage is accompanied by a pronounced clinic. It includes: soreness of the head, hyperemia, coma, myocardial dysfunction.
The antidote is calcium gluconate. To increase blood pressure, dopamine, norepinephrine, dobutamine are administered. It is recommended to carry out additional intensive plasmapheresis until the objective state is normalized.
The active ingredients in some cases strongly affect driving, sleep and activity of a person during the day. This is important to consider.
If any side effects occur, you should stop using the ointment and make an appointment with a specialist. An overdose of the drug may be associated with the use of other concentrated medications (without a prescription from the attending physician).

Interaction with drugs, alcoholic beverages

The drug is prescribed by the attending specialist, who takes into account the combination of active substances of all medications of general therapy.
Reduces plasma quinidine, increases digoxin. The severity of the decrease in blood pressure is enhanced by nitrate medicines, cimetidine, diuretics. Sympathomimetics minimize the effects of this medication.
Suppresses the metabolism of prazosin. Interaction with alcoholic beverages has not been identified.

Storage

Adequate storage of Cordipin XL exclude direct sunlight from contact with the lotion or ointment, as well as contact with chemicals and substances that corrode the protective shell of the tube. Stored in a cool, dark place out of the reach of babies. It is not allowed to use the medicine after the expiration date (three years)

Terms of sell

You can buy Cordipin XL without a prescription from a doctor.