Bisolol 5 mg 30 tablets

Bisoprolol Fumarate 5 mg Film-coated Tablets

Why is bisoprolol used?

• This medication is used to treat high blood pressure.

Do not use bisoprolol.

• If you are allergic to the active ingredients or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.

Warnings and Precautions:

• You have severe asthma or chronic lung disease.
• You have a severe problem with blood circulation in your extremities (such as Raynaud's syndrome), which may cause your fingers and toes to cramp or turn pale or blue.
• You have an untreated malignant tumor, a rare type of adrenal gland tumor.
• You have metabolic acidosis, a condition when there is too much acid in your blood.
• Acute heart failure or heart failure that suddenly becomes worse and/or that may require hospitalization.
• Slow heart rate.
• Severe drop in blood pressure.
• A certain heart condition that causes a very slow heart rate or an irregular heartbeat.
• Cardiogenic shock, a severe acute heart condition that causes low blood pressure and circulatory failure.

If you have any of the following conditions:

• Diabetes.
• Strict fasting (fasting from solid food).
• Certain heart conditions such as an irregular heart rhythm or severe chest pain while at rest (Prinzmetal's angina).
• kidney or liver disease
• Circulation problems are less severe in your extremities.
• Less severe asthma or chronic lung disease.
• History of scaly skin rash (psoriasis).
• Adrenal gland (medullary) tumor (pheochromocytoma).
• Thyroid disorder.

Possible side effects

• Stop using the product and seek immediate medical attention if you experience tightness in the throat, swelling of the eyes, face, lips, or tongue, feel faint, or have difficulty breathing.
• Stop using the product if you experience hives or itching on the face or body.

Other medications Bisoprolol

• Blood pressure control medications or heart problems medications (such as amiodarone, amlodipine, clonidine, digitalis glycosides, diltiazem, disopyramide, felodipine, flecainide, lidocaine, methyldopa, moxonidine, phenytoin, propafenone, quinidine, rilmenidine).
• Antidepressants such as imipramine, amitriptyline, moclobemide.
• Medications for mental illness such as phenothiazines like levomepromazine.
• Medicines used for anesthesia during surgery (see also "Take care with bisoprolol tablets").
• Medicines used to treat epilepsy, for example, barbiturates such as phenobarbital.
• Some pain relievers (such as acetylsalicylic acid, diclofenac, indomethacin, ibuprofen, and naproxen).
• Asthma medications or medications used to treat nasal congestion.
• Medicines used for certain eye disorders such as glaucoma (increased pressure in the eye) or used to dilate the pupil.
• Some medications to treat clinical shock (eg, adrenaline, dobutamine, noradrenaline).
• Mefloquine, an antimalarial drug.
• All of these medications, as well as bisoprolol, may affect blood pressure and/or heart function.
• Rifampicin for the treatment of infections.
• Medicines for severe headaches or migraines (ergotamine derivatives).

How to use bisoprolol

Treatment with bisoprolol fumarate tablet should be started at a low dose and then gradually increased.

Your doctor will decide how to increase your dose, and this is usually done in the following way:

• 25 mg bisoprolol fumarate once daily for one week.
• 5 mg bisoprolol fumarate once daily for one week.
• 75 mg bisoprolol fumarate once daily for one week.
• 5 mg bisoprolol fumarate once daily for four weeks.
• 5 mg bisoprolol fumarate once daily for four weeks.
• 10 mg bisoprolol fumarate once daily for maintenance treatment.
• The maximum recommended daily dose of bisoprolol fumarate is 10 mg.

How to store bisoprolol :

• Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
• Do not use this medicine after the expiry date printed on the carton.
• The expiration date refers to the last day of that month.
• Do not store above 30°C. Keep the container tightly closed.
• Do not use if you notice any damage to the outer packaging.
• Do not dispose of any medicines via wastewater or household waste.